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9780195188301

The Philosophy of Language

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    9780195188301

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    0195188306

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-12-22
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

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-six of the most important articles in the field, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the subject. Revised to address changing trends and contemporary developments, the fifth edition features seven new articles including influential work by Mark Crimmins, Gottlob Frege, David Kaplan, Frederick Kroon, W. V. Quine, and Robert Stalnaker (two essays). Other selections include classic articles by such distinguished philosophers as J. L. Austin, John Stuart Mill, Hilary Putnam, Bertrand Russell, John R. Searle, and P. F. Strawson. 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 and Pretense; Interpretation and Translation; and The Nature of Language. A 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

Note to the Fifth Editionp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Truth and Meaningp. 29
The Thought: A Logical Inquiry (1918)p. 36
Empiricist Criteria of Cognitive Significance: Problems and Changes (1950)p. 50
Two Dogmas of Empiricism (1951)p. 63
Intensional Semantics (1951)p. 77
The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics (1944)p. 85
Meaning (1957)p. 108
Truth and Meaning (1967)p. 114
Suggested Further Readingp. 125
Speech Actsp. 127
Performative Utterances (1961)p. 136
The Structure of Illocutionary Acts (1969)p. 146
A Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts (1979)p. 157
Logic and Conversation (1975)p. 171
Indirect Speech Acts (1975)p. 182
Assertion (1978)p. 196
Suggested Further Readingp. 207
Reference and Descriptionsp. 209
On Sense and Nominatum (1892)p. 217
On Denoting (1905)p. 230
Descriptions (1919)p. 239
On Referring (1950)p. 246
Mr. Strawson on Referring (1957)p. 261
Reference and Definite Descriptions (1966)p. 265
Suggested Further Readingp. 277
Names and Demonstrativesp. 279
Of Names (1881)p. 284
Naming and Necessity (1972)p. 290
Meaning and Reference (1973)p. 306
The Causal Theory of Names (1973)p. 314
Proper Names and Intentionality (1983)p. 326
Dthat (1970)p. 343
On the Logic of Demonstratives (1978)p. 357
The Problem of the Essential Indexical (1979)p. 366
Suggested Further Readingp. 376
Propositional Attitudesp. 379
Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes (1956)p. 383
On Saying That (1968)p. 389
Quantifying In (1968)p. 399
Semantic Innocence and Uncompromising Situations (1981)p. 420
A Puzzle about Belief (1979)p. 433
Semantics for Belief (1987)p. 460
Suggested Further Readingp. 468
Metaphor and Pretensep. 469
What Metaphors Mean (1978)p. 473
A Theory for Metaphor (1984)p. 485
Hesperus and Phosphorus: Sense, Pretense, and Reference (1998)p. 497
Descriptivism, Pretense, and the Frege-Russell Problems (2004)p. 522
Suggested Further Readingp. 538
Interpretation and Translationp. 541
Translation and Meaning (1960)p. 546
Belief and the Basis of Meaning (1974)p. 576
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs (1985)p. 585
Indeterminacy, Empiricism, and the First Person (1987)p. 596
Suggested Further Readingp. 610
The Nature of Languagep. 613
Of Words (1690)p. 621
On Rules and Private Language (1982)p. 626
Truth Rules, Hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein Paradox (1990)p. 639
Languages and Language (1975)p. 656
Language and Problems of Knowledge (1988)p. 675
Suggested Further Readingp. 693
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