Author : Leonard Linsky
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780252000935
Author : Peter Ludlow
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262621144
A central theme of this collection is that the philosophy of language, at least a core portion of it, has matured to the point where it is now being spun off into linguistic theory.
Author : William G. Lycan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1134696043
Philosophy of Language introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language. Topics are structured in three parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Desciptions, Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Unique features of the text: * chapter overviews and summaries * clear supportive examples * study questions * annotated further reading * glossary.
Author : Susana Nuccetelli
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780742559776
This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays by philosophers such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Grice, Davidson, Strawson, Austin, and Putnam, as well as more recent contributions by scholars including John McDowell, Stephen Neale, Ruth Millikan, Stephen Schiffer, Paul Horwich, and Anthony Brueckner, among others, who are on the leading edge of innovation in this increasingly influential area of philosophy. The result is a lively mix of readings, together with the editors' discussions of the material, which provides a rigorous introduction to the subject.
Author : Kit Fine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1405196696
Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine’s Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language. A major contribution to the philosophy of language, now available in paperback Written by one of today’s most respected philosophers Argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought Proposes that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves Forms part of the prestigious new Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy series, based on an ongoing series of lectures by today’s leading philosophers
Author : Jennifer Hornsby
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2005-10-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405124850
Designed for readers new to the subject, Reading Philosophy of Language presents key texts in the philosophy of language together with helpful editorial guidance. A concise collection of key texts in the philosophy of language Ideal for readers new to the subject. Features seminal texts by leading figures in the field, such as Austin, Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett and Searle. Presents three texts on each of five key topics: speech and performance; meaning and truth; knowledge of language; meaning and compositionality; and non-literal meaning. A volume introduction from the editors outlines the subject’s principal concerns. Introductions to each chapter locate the pieces in context and explain relevant terminology and theories. Interactive commentaries help readers to engage with the texts.
Author : Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Publisher :
Page : 831 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 110849238X
A comprehensive guide to contemporary investigations into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics.
Author : Bryan R. Weaver
Publisher :
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198832621
Semantics for Reasons is a book about what we mean when we talk about reasons. It not only brings together the theory of reasons and natural language semantics in original ways but also sketches out a litany of implications for metaethics and the philosophy of normativity. In their account of how the language of reasons works, Bryan R. Weaver and Kevin Scharp propose and defend a view called Question Under Discussion (QUD) Reasons Contextualism. They use this view to argue for a series of novel positions on the ontology of reasons, indexical facts, the reasons-to-be-rational debate, moral reasons, and the reasons-first approach.
Author : Siobhan Chapman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 19,16 MB
Release : 2009-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0748631429
This book offers introductory entries on 80 ideas that have shaped the study of language up to the present day. Entries are written by experts in the fields of linguistics and the philosophy of language to reflect the full range of approaches and modes of thought. Each entry includes a brief description of the idea, an account of its development, and its impact on the field of language study. The book is written in an accessible style with clear descriptions of technical terms, guides to further reading, and extensive cross-referencing between entries. A useful additional feature of this book is that it is cross-referenced throughout with Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (Edinburgh, 2005), revealing significant connections and continuities in the two related disciplines. Ideas covered range from Sense Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Logic, through Generative Semantics, Cognitivism, and Conversation Analysis, to Political Correctness, Deconstruction, and Corpora.
Author : Ufuk Özen Baykent
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1443898201
Language is what we all share and is our common concern. What is the nature of language? How is language related to the world? How is communication possible via language? What is the impact of language on our reasoning and thinking? Many people are unaware that misunderstandings and conflicts during communication occur as a result of the way we use language. This book introduces the central issues in the history of philosophical investigations about the concept of language. Topics are structured with reference to the world’s foremost philosophers of language. The book will encourage the reader to explore the depths of the concept of language and will raise an awareness of this distinctive human capacity.
