Background
Meggle, Georg was born on May 21, 1944 in Kempten, Allgäu, Germany. Son of Georg and Paula (Hummel) Meggle.
(There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining...)
There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining the concept of ""meaning"" in terms of reference of the thing that our sign signifies. At the latest since Wittgenstein, ""meaning"" has been explained with the formula ""meaning=use,"" where one distinguishes between how one uses something and for what purpose one uses something. The author shows that this dichotomy between the ""how"" and the ""purpose"" of use can be unified. He does this by first investigating the concept of the purpose of use and then reconstructs the ""use-how"" by means of the concept of ""convention."" Finally, the author demonstrates how to traditional referential semantics can be justified on the basis of the theory developed here.
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(There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining...)
There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining the concept of ""meaning"" in terms of reference of the thing that our sign signifies. At the latest since Wittgenstein, ""meaning"" has been explained with the formula ""meaning=use,"" where one distinguishes between how one uses something and for what purpose one uses something. The author shows that this dichotomy between the ""how"" and the ""purpose"" of use can be unified. He does this by first investigating the concept of the purpose of use and then reconstructs the ""use-how"" by means of the concept of ""convention."" Finally, the author demonstrates how to traditional referential semantics can be justified on the basis of the theory developed here.
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Meggle, Georg was born on May 21, 1944 in Kempten, Allgäu, Germany. Son of Georg and Paula (Hummel) Meggle.
Master of Arts, U. Munich, Germany, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Regensburg, Germany, 1979; Dr phil habil, U. Osnabrück, Germany, 1984.
Professor philosophy, U. Münster, Germany, 1985; professor philosophy, U. Saarbrücken, Germany, 1989-1994; professor philosophy, U. Leipzig, Germany, since 1994. Director research project "Practical Ethics", U. Saarbrücken, 1989-1994. President Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie, 1989-1994.
(There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining...)
(There is a long tradition in the philosophy of explaining...)
(Book by Meggle, Georg)
Member Academie du Midi, Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin.
Married Jutta Bachmann, March 23, 1984. Children: Sarah-Rebecca, Sebastian.