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Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers
Contributor(s): Lee, Barry (Editor)
ISBN: 1441178864     ISBN-13: 9781441178862
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $158.40  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 121.68
LCCN: 2011004031
Series: Key Thinkers
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages
 
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Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to human language for more than 2000 years. Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Thirteen specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.

Philosophical questions relating to language have been subjected to particularly intense scrutiny since the work of Gottlob Frege in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book concentrates on the development of philosophical views on language over the last 130 years, offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, Chomsky, Grice, Davidson, Dummett and Kripke. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of the theoretical account of language use and its central concepts. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.