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    The Philosophy of Language by Martinich, A.P.; Sosa, David;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 6
    • Publisher OUP USA
    • Date of Publication 25 April 2013

    • ISBN 9780199795147
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages752 pages
    • Size 165x234x38 mm
    • Weight 1111 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Philosophy of Language is the essential text in the field, collecting forty-eight of the most important articles in one place. The sixth edition has been revised to address changing trends and contemporary developments, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the subject.

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    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-eight 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 sixth edition features eighteen new articles including influential work by Carl G. Hempel, Nathan Salmon, Saul Kripke, and others. 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: Names, Descriptions, Ascriptions, Communication, Truth, Analyticity, Indeterminacies, and 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.

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    Table of Contents:

    Each section ends with Suggested Further Reading.
    Note to the Sixth Edition
    Introduction
    I. NAMES
    Of Names (1881) , John Stuart Mill
    On Sense and Reference (1892) , Gottlob Frege
    Proper Names (1958) , John R. Searle
    Naming and Necessity (1972) , Saul Kripke
    Meaning and Reference (1973) , Hilary Putnam
    The Causal Theory of Names (1973) , Gareth Evans
    Frege's Puzzle (1986) Nathan Salmon
    II. DESCRIPTIONS
    On Denoting (1905) , Bertrand Russell
    Descriptions (1919) , Bertrand Russell
    On Referring (1950) , P. F. Strawson
    Mr. Strawson on Referring (1957) , Bertrand Russell
    Reference and Definite Descriptions (1966) , Keith Donnellan
    Speaker's Reference and Semantic Reference (1977) , Saul Kripke
    III. ASCRIPTIONS
    Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes (1956) , W. V. Quine
    Quantifying In (1968) , David Kaplan
    On Saying That (1968) , Donald Davidson
    Synonymity (1952) , Benson Mates
    A Puzzle about Belief (1979) , Saul Kripke
    The Import of the Puzzle About Belief (1996) , David Sosa
    Belief Ascription (1992) , Stephen Schiffer
    IV. COMMUNICATION
    Meaning (1957) , H.P. Grice
    Performative Utterances (1961) , J. L. Austin
    The Structure of Illocutionary Acts (1969) , John R. Searle
    Logic and Conversation (1975) , H. P. Grice
    Conversational Impliciture (1994) , Kent Bach
    A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs (1985) , Donald Davidson
    V. TRUTH
    The Thought (1918) , Gottlob Frege
    The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics (1944) , Alfred Tarski
    Tarski's Theory of Truth (1972) , Hartry Field
    Truth and Meaning (1967) , Donald Davidson
    What is a Theory of Meaning (1975) , M.A.E. Dummett
    VI. ANALYTICITY
    Two Dogmas of Empiricism (1951) , W. V. Quine
    In Defense of a Dogma (1956) , H.P. Grice and P.F. Strawson
    Two Dogmas Revisited (1976) , Hilary Putnam
    VII. IN DETERMINACIES
    Assertion (1978) , Robert Stalnaker
    Demonstratives (1977/89) , David Kaplan
    The Problem of the Essential Indexical (1979) , John Perry
    RULE-FOLLOWING:
    On Rules and Private Language (1982) , Saul Kripke
    The Rule-Following Considerations 91989) , Paul Boghossian
    VAGUENESS:
    Blindspots (1988) , Roy Sorenson
    Vagueness without Paradox (1994) , Diana Raffman
    Shifting Sands: An Interest-Relative Theory of Vagueness (2000) , Delia Graff Fara
    VIII. LANGUAGE
    Of Words (1690) , John Locke
    Philosophical Investigations (1953) , Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Empiricist Criteria of Cognitive Significance (1950) , Carl G. Hemple
    Languages and Language (1975) , David Lewis
    Toward a Causal Theory of Linguistic Representation (1977) , Dennis Stampe
    Language and Problems of Knowledge (1988) , Noam Chomsky

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