The Game of the Name
Introducing Logic, Language, and Mind
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 13 July 1989
- ISBN 9780198750864
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 216x136x18 mm
- Weight 398 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Hitherto, work in analytic philosophy has been largely concentrated in two distinct areas: that of language, and of mind. The recent growth in the field of cognitive science has stimulated growth of research into the ways in which these two areas are linked, but until now there has been no book which outlined the new work in the overlapping area in a way accessible to students. This book is a good introduction to this important field, and is therefore a landmark in analytic philosophy.
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This book is a good introduction to modern work in an important field of analytic philosophy. The main concerns of analytic philosophy are the investigation of language and the analysis of mind. Work on the former is shaped by the seminal logical theories of Frege, whilst work on the latter is mainly concerned with materialism. It has long been recognized that the two are intimately connected. The recent growth of cognitive science has stimulated new work in the overlapping areas, much of which is unfortunately inaccessible to undergraduates.
In this introduction to the subject, the author gives a clear explanation of Frege's basic logical ideas, and explains their application to ordinary language. He then shows how meaning is itself rooted in the philosophy of mind, and the question of intentionality - how the mind represents the world. He concludes with an examination of the different ways in which thought can be 'about' individual material objects.
`an interesting book ... in terms of price, organization, clarity of expression, accuracy of content, and the provision of further reading and other aids to the student it is a model of its kind ... it is also an original work of philosophy in its own right'
The Philosophical Quarterly
Table of Contents:
Preface; Introduction; Frege: The background; Russell: The basic problem; Russell: The official view; Kripke: The new orthodoxy; Meaning: The essential context; Demonstratives: The elements of externalism; Descriptions: Thought and talk; Natural names: Practices and problems
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