The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of language
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Michael Devitt; Richard Hanley
- ناشر : Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780631231417
Description
List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Maichael Devitt and Richard Hanely -- pt. 1. Foundational issues -- 1. Foundational issues in the philosophy of language / Martin Davies -- pt. 2. Meaning -- 2. The nature of meaning / Paul Horwich -- 3. Truth and reference as the basis for meaning / James Higginbotham -- 4. Language, thought, and meaning / Brian Loar -- 5. Meaning scepticism / Alexander Miller -- 6. Analyticity again / Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore -- 7. Formal semantics / Max Cresswell -- 8. Speech acts and pragmatics / Kent Bach -- 9. Figurative language / Josef Stern -- 10. Propositional attitude ascription / Mark Richard -- 11. Conditionals / Frank Jackson -- 12. Vagueness / Stephen Schiffer -- 13. The semantics of non-factualism, non-cognitivism, and quasi-realism / Simon Blackburn -- pt. 3. References -- 14. Names / William G. Lycan -- 15. General terms and mass terms / Stephen P. Schwartz -- 16. Descriptions / Peter Ludlow and Stephen Neale -- 17. Using indexicals / John Perry -- 18. Pronouns and anaphora / Stephen Neale -- 19. Naturalistic theories of reference / Karen Neander -- 20. Truth / Vann McGee -- Bibliography -- Index. Foundational issues -- Meaning -- Reference.
The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.
