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9780195135435

The Philosophy of Language

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  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-30
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language , considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-one of the most important articles in the field, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the subject. The fourth edition features several new articles including influential work by Bertrand Russell, John R. Searle, John Perry, Ruth Garrett Millikan, and John Stuart Mill. Other selections include classic articles by such distinguished philosophers as Gottlob Frege, P. F. Strawson, J. L. Austin, Hilary Putnam, and David Kaplan. The selections represent evolving and varying approaches to the philosophy of language, with many articles building upon earlier ones or critically discussing them. Eight sections cover the central issues: Truth and Meaning; Speech Acts; Reference and Descriptions; Names and Demonstratives; Propositional Attitudes; Metaphor; Interpretation and Translation; and The Nature of Language. The revised general introduction and introductions to each section give students background to the issues and explain the connections between them. A list of suggested further reading follows each section.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(28)
I TRUTH AND MEANING 29(94)
Empiricist Criteria of Cognitive Significance: Problems and Changes (1950)
34(13)
Carl G. Hempel
Two Dogmas of Empiricism (1953)
47(14)
W. V. Quine
Intensional Semantics (1951)
61(8)
Alonzo Church
The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics (1944)
69(23)
Alfred Tarski
Meaning (1957)
92(6)
H. P. Grice
Truth and Meaning (1967)
98(12)
Donald Davidson
Meaning and Truth (1970)
110(13)
P. F. Strawson
Suggested Further Reading
120(3)
II SPEECH ACTS 123(68)
Performative Utterances (1961)
130(10)
J. L. Austin
The Structure of Illocutionary Acts (1969)
140(11)
John R. Searle
A Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts (1979)
151(14)
John R. Searle
Logic and Conversation (1975)
165(11)
H. P. Grice
Indirect Speech Acts (1975)
176(15)
John R. Searle
Suggested Further Reading
189(2)
III REFERENCE AND DESCRIPTIONS 191(70)
On Sense and Nominatum (1892)
199(13)
Gottlob Frege
On Denoting (1905)
212(9)
Bertrand Russell
Descriptions (1919)
221(7)
Bertrand Russell
On Referring (1950)
228(15)
P. F. Strawson
Mr. Strawson on Referring (1957)
243(4)
Bertrand Russell
Reference and Definite Descriptions (1966)
247(14)
Keith Donnellan
Suggested Further Reading
259(2)
IV NAMES AND DEMONSTRATIVES 261(90)
Of Names (1881)
266(6)
John Stuart Mill
Naming and Necessity (1972)
272(16)
Saul Kripke
Meaning and Reference (1973)
288(8)
Hilary Putnam
The Causal Theory of Names (1973)
296(12)
Gareth Evans
Proper Names and Intentionality (1983)
308(17)
John R. Searle
Dthat (1978)
325(14)
David Kaplan
The Problem of the Essential Indexical (1979)
339(12)
John Perry
Suggested Further Reading
349(2)
V PROPOSITIONAL ATTITUDES 351(82)
Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes (1956)
355(6)
W. V. Quine
On Saying That (1968)
361(10)
Donald Davidson
Quantifying In (1968)
371(21)
David Kaplan
Semantic Innocence and Uncompromising Situations (1981)
392(13)
Jon Barwise
John Perry
A Puzzle about Belief (1979)
405(28)
Saul Kripke
Suggested Further Reading
432(1)
VI METAPHOR 433(26)
What Metaphors Mean (1978)
435(12)
Donald Davidson
A Theory for Metaphor (1984)
447(12)
A. P. Martinich
Suggested Further Reading
458(1)
VII INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION 459(42)
Belief and the Basis of Meaning (1974)
464(9)
Donald Davidson
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs (1985)
473(11)
Donald Davidson
Indeterminacy, Empiricism, and the First Person (1987)
484(17)
John R. Searle
Suggested Further Reading
498(3)
VIII THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE 501(98)
Of Words (1690)
509(5)
John Locke
Wittgenstein on Privacy (1965)
514(17)
John Cook
On Rules and Private Language (1982)
531(14)
Saul Kripke
Truth Rules, Hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein Paradox (1990)
545(17)
Ruth Garrett Millikan
Languages and Language (1975)
562(19)
David Lewis
Language and Problems of Knowledge (1990)
581(18)
Noam Chomsky
Suggested Further Reading
599

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