ABSTRACT
If one adheres to the conception of philosophy as analysis of language, the first step to be taken is to distinguish between various realms of discourse. Feigl presents a diagram of such realms, the principle of which has been and still is the foundation of logical empiricism: The Functions of Language, <italic>or</italic> The Meanings of “Meaning” https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
Cognitive meanings (informational function)
Non-cognitive meanings (emotive expression and appeal function)
Purely formal
Pictorial (Imaginative)
Logico-arithmetical
Emotional (Affective)
Factual (Empirical)
Volitional-motivational (Directive)
