John Searle's philosophy of language : force, meaning, and mind / edited by Savas L. Tsohatzidis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsohatzidis, Savas L., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Searle, John R.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

ix, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is a volume of original essays on key aspects of John Searle's philosophy of language. It examines Searle's work in relation to current issues of central significance, including internalism versus externalism in relation to mental and linguistic content, truth-conditional versus non-truth-conditional conceptions of content, the relative priorities of thought and language in the explanation of intentionality, the status of the distinction between force and sense in the theory of meaning, the issue of meaning scepticism in relation to rule-following, and the proper characterization of "what is said" in relation to the semantics/pragmatics distinction. Written by a distinguished team of contemporary philosophers, and prefaced by an illuminating essay by Searle, the volume aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of Searle's work in philosophy of language, and to suggest innovative approaches to fundamental questions in that area.

Contents:

Introduction / Savas L. Tsohatzidis

What is language : some preliminary remarks / John R. Searle

From mind to meaning

Content, mode, and self-reference / François Recanati

Searle against the world : how can experiences find their objects? / Kent Bach

Seeing what is there / Robin Jeshion

Intentionalism, descriptivism, and proper names / Wayne A. Davis

On the alleged priority of thought over language / Christopher Gauker

Rule skepticism : Searle's criticism of Kripke's Wittgenstein / Martin Kusch

From meaning to force

How to say things with words / Kepa Korta and John Perry

Semantics without the distinction between sense and force / Stephen J. Barker

Dynamic discourse semantics for embedded speech acts / Nicholas Asher

Yes-no questions and the myth of content invariance / Savas L. Tsohatzidis

How do speech acts express psychological states? / Mitchell Green.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.

ISBN:

9780521866279

0521866278

9780521685344

0521685346

OCLC:

123767050

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