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Beyond Reason

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Part of the book series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology ((PEPRPHPS,volume 25))

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In the last chapter of this book, we discuss how the thesis of meaning as perception allows us to vindicate Wittgenstein’s insight that language is an action.

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Fiorin, G., Delfitto, D. (2020). Beyond Reason. In: Beyond Meaning: A Journey Across Language, Perception and Experience. Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46317-5_36

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