The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of language / edited by Michael Devitt and Richard Hanley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devitt, Michael, 1938-

Hanley, Richard.

Series:

Blackwell philosophy guides ; 19.

Blackwell philosophy guides ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

x, 446 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Philosophy of language

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays by internationally renowned scholars. Each contribution offers an authoritative survey of a central topic in philosophy of language, often accompanied by useful suggestions for further reading; the volume also has a large and insightful bibliography at the end. Included are chapters on analyticity, anaphora, conditionals, descriptions, formal semantics, indexicals and demonstratives, kind terms, metaphor, names, propositional attitude ascriptions, speech acts, truth, and vagueness. An introduction by the editors sets the stage for extended treatments of theories of meaning and reference, and an investigation of foundational issues.

Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate survey courses, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language is an invaluable resource for students and professional philosophers alike.

Contents:

Part I Foundational Issues 17

1 Foundational Issues in the Philosophy of Language / Martin Davies 19

Part II Meaning 41

2 The Nature of Meaning / Paul Horwich 43

3 Truth and Reference as the Basis of Meaning / James Higginbotham 58

4 Language, Thought, and Meaning / Brian Loar 77

5 Meaning Scepticism / Alexander Miller 91

6 Analyticity Again / Jerry Fodor, Ernie Lepore 114

7 Formal Semantics / Max Cresswell 131

8 Speech Acts and Pragmatics / Kent Bach 147

9 Figurative Language / Josef Stern 168

10 Propositional Attitude Ascription / Mark Richard 186

11 Conditionals / Frank Jackson 212

12 Vagueness / Stephen Schiffer 225

13 The Semantics of Non-factualism, Non-cognitivism, and Quasi-realism / Simon Blackburn 244

14 Names / William G. Lycan 255

15 General Terms and Mass Terms / Stephen P. Schwartz 274

16 Descriptions / Peter Ludlow, Stephen Neale 288

17 Using Indexicals / John Perry 314

18 Pronouns and Anaphora / Stephen Neale 335

19 Naturalistic Theories of Reference / Karen Neander 374

20 Truth / Vann McGee 392.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-440) and index.

ISBN:

0631231412

0631231420

OCLC:

62084244

Publisher Number:

9780631231417

9780631231424