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JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY  \nFoUNDED BY FREDERICK J.E.WoODBRIDGE AND WENDELLT.BUSH  \nEDITORS:John H.Randall,Jr.,Sidney Morgenbesser,Arthur Danto,andJames J.Walsh.  \nCoNSULTING EDITORS:Herbert W.Schneider,José Ferrater Mora,andGeorge L.Kline.  \nMANAGING EDITOR:Leigh S.Cauman.  \nCommunieations to the editors should be addressed to the Managing Edi-tor,720 Philosophy Hall,Columbia University,New York,N.Y.,10027.Subseriptions and advertisements should be sent to THÉ JOURNALOF PHILOSOPHY,720 Philosophy Hall,Columbia University,NewYork,N.Y.,10027.The annual subscription price(24 numbers)is  \n$7.50;to students,$6.00.The price of single numbers is $0.50;double numbers,$i.00;complete volumes(from 1960 on),$12.00.  \nTHE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY is owned by the Journal ofPhilosophy,Ine.,and published bi-weekly(every four weeks in Julyand August)by Laneaster Press,Ine.,Prince and Lemon Sts.,Lan-caster,Pa.,17604.Editorial Ofce:720 Philosophy Hall,ColumbiaUniversity,New 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world:publlshes the articles 1n thenative language of thelr Authors(Engl11sh,French,Itallan,German,Spanish).Each 1ssue includes a Supplement cont aining the complete Frenchtranslation of the articles which in the text are published in language other thanFrench.  \n“SCIENTIA”has therefore a very strong appeal to the sclentiflc-mindedreader all over the world.  \nFull detalls and a free back copy will be sent by applying to\"SCIENTIA,,—ASSo(Como,Italy)sending $0.25,or equlvalent amount in other_currency,preferably inalr-mall postage stamps of your country,merely to cover packing andpostage.For a number of the current year,please send $1.50,orequlva-lent amount in other currency,which will be deducted from the sub-scriptlon prlce.ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION:$15.50 U.8.A.  \n# THE JoURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY\n\nSEMANTIC THEORY AND THE MEANING OF‘GOOD'*  \nDIFFICULTIES in reaching a successful formulation of themeaning of philosophically significant words are often attrib-uted to the alleged incongruities and amorphousness of natural lan-guages.There is another explanation,however,namely that suchdifficulties result from relying on one or another inadequate con-ception of what constitutes a description of the meaning of a word.On this explanation,the alleged incongruities and amorphousnessof natural languages are merely artifacts,due to use of inadequatedescriptive tools.  \nThis paper adopts the latter explanation.It seeks to supportit in the only way possible:by providing an adequate formulationof the meaning of a philosophically significant word within theframework of the kind of semantic theory that affords an accept-able conception of the description of the meaning of a word.Wechoose the English word‘good'as our test case because the diffi-culties encountered in previous attempts to describe its meaningare at least as severe as those encountered in connection with anyother p","cbCaihSJ9Jg5zauS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihSJ9Jg5zauS","pdf",1385934,32,"English","# 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