| A Companion to the Philosophy of Language Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hale, Bob (Editor), Wright, Crispin (Editor), Miller, Alexander (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631213260 ISBN-13: 9780631213260 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Written by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. As well as providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, each essay makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate. Topics covered include: rule following, modality, realism, indeterminacy of translation, inscrutability of reference, names and rigid destination, Davidson's programme, meaning and verification, intention and convention, radical interpretation, tacit knowledge, metaphor, causal theories of semantics, objects and criteria of identity, theories of truth, force and pragmatics, essentialism, demonstratives, reference and necessity, identity, meaning and privacy of language, vagueness and the sorites paradox, holisms, propositional attitudes, analyticity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 149.94 |
| Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.97" W x 9.99" (2.72 lbs) 752 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. As well as providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, each essay makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate. |