Designed to be as internationally relevant as the fashion it discusses, Chic Thrills extends fashion theory beyond the interpretation of style, and shows how it relates to the economic realities and motivations of those who create the ...

"This book explores the word meaning as it is used in such expressions as "the meaning of life," "the search for meaning," "ultimate meaning.

This book will appeal to students and professionals interested in the philosophy of language.

Philosophers have traditionally approached questions of meaning as part of the philosophy of language. In this book David Cooper broadens the analysis beyond linguistic meaning to offer an account of meaning in general.

Argues that meaning in language is an outcome of the evolutionary development of forms of animal communication, and explains the process by naturalizing the Locke-Grice approach.