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Philosophy of Language

The Central Topics

von: Susana Nuccetelli, Gary Seay, J L. Austin, Anthony Brueckner, Noam Chomsky, Donald Davidson, Keith Donnellan, Michael Dummett, Gareth Evans, Gottlob Frege, H P. Grice, Paul Horwich, David Kaplan, Saul Kripke, David Lewis, John McDowell, Michael McKinsey, Ruth Millikan, Stephen Neale, Hilary Putnam, W V. Quine, Bertrand Russell, Nathan Salmon, Stephen Schiffer, John Searle, P F. Strawson, Alfred Tarski, Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	24.12.2007
ISBN/EAN:	9781461640875
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	432

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Preface
 Part 2 Part I: Language, Meaning, and Truth
 Chapter 3 Introduction
 Chapter 4 Suggestions for Further Reading
 Chapter 5 A. The Nature of Language
 Chapter 6 Chapter 1. Philosophical Investigations (excerpts)
 Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Rules and Representations (excerpt)
 Chapter 8 B. Truth, Meaning, and the Indeterminacy of Translation
 Chapter 9 Chapter 3. The Semantic Conception of Truth
 Chapter 10 Chapter 4. Semantics for Natural Languages
 Chapter 11 Chapter 5. Indeterminacy of Translation Again
 Chapter 12 C. Meaning as Intention
 Chapter 13 Chapter 6. Meaning
 Chapter 14 D. Meaning
 Chapter 15 Chapter 7. Meaning, Use and Truth
 Part 16 Part II:Meaning and Reference
 Chapter 17 Introduction
 Chapter 18 Suggestions for Further Reading
 Chapter 19 A. Proper Names
 Chapter 20 Chapter 8. On Sense and Reference
 Chapter 21 Chapter 9. Naming and Necessity (Lecture II)
 Chapter 22 B. Definite Descriptions
 Chapter 23 Chapter 10. Descriptions
 Chapter 24 Chapter 11. Reference and Definite Descriptions
 Chapter 25 Chapter 12. Descriptions (excerpt)
 Chapter 26 C. Demonstratives and Indexicals
 Chapter 27 Chapter 13. Demonstratives (excerpt)
 Chapter 28 Chapter 14. Understanding Demonstratives
 Part 29 Part III: Semantic Content
 Chapter 30 Introduction
 Chapter 31 Suggestions for Further Reading
 Chapter 32 A. Content: Direct-Reference Theory vs. Fregean Semantics
 Chapter 33 Chapter 15. Frege's Puzzle (excerpt)
 Chapter 34 Chapter 16.
De Re Senses
 Chapter 35 B. A Puzzle About Belief Ascriptions
 Chapter 36 Chapter 17. A Puzzle about Belief (excerpt)
 Chapter 37 Chapter 18. What Puzzling Pierre Does Not Believe
 Chapter 38 C. The Internalism/Externalism Debate
 Chapter 39 Chapter 19. Meaning and Reference
 Chapter 40 Chapter 20. Are Meanings in the Head?
 Chapter 41 Chapter 21. The Social Character of Meaning
 Chapter 42 D. Externalism and Knowledge
 Chapter 43 Chapter 22. Anti-individualism and Privileged Access
 Chapter 44 Chapter 23. What an Anti-Individualist Knows
A Priori
 Part 45 Part IV: Convention, Intention, and the Pragmatics of Language
 Chapter 46 Introduction
 Chapter 47 Suggestions for Further Reading
 Chapter 48 A. Speech Acts and Convention
 Chapter 49 Chapter 24. Performative - Constative
 Chapter 50 B. Speech Acts and Speaker Meaning
 Chapter 51 Chapter 25. Intention and Convention in Speech Acts
 Chapter 52 Chatper 26. Meaning (excerpt)
 Chapter 53 C. Speech Acts and Evolution
 Chapter 54 Chapter 27. Pushmi-Pullyu Representations
 Chapter 55 D. Conversational Implicature and Metaphor
 Chapter 56 Chapter 28. Logic and Conversation
 Chapter 57 Chapter 29. What Metaphors Mean

Autorenportrait

Susana Nuccetelli is associate professor of philosophy at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Gary Seay is associate professor of philosophy at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York.