El carácter epistemológico del concepto de significado

Resumo

In this paper I point out sorne essentially epistemological traits of the notion of meaning. They are related to analyticity. On the basis of Kripkean distinction between necessity and apriority, the traditional characterization of analytical statements, truths in virtue of meaning, is shown to be (on a literal reading) defective, and different epistemological interpretations of it are considered instead. After noting the epistemological nature of analyticity (already present in Frege's original definition) the putative link between that concept and that of unrevisability is examined. lf the link were not a real one, analyticity would be protected against those of Quine's criticisms based on the non-existence of unrevisable truths.