Bertrand Russell, language and linguistic theory / Keith Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Keith, 1954-

Series:

Continuum studies in British philosophy.

Continuum studies in British philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Language and languages.

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.

Russell, Bertrand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although there has been a significant revival in interest in Bertrand Russell's work in recent years, most professional philosophers would still argue that Russell was not interested in language. Here, in the first full-length study of Russell's work on language throughout his long career, Keith Green shows that this is in fact not the case. In examining Russell's work, particularly from 1900 to 1950, Green exposes a repeated emphasis on, and turn to, linguistic considerations. Green considers how 'linguistics' and 'philosophy' were struggling in the twentieth century to define themselves and

Contents:

Contexts and connexions

Language and the world

Language and the mind

Language and linguistic theory

'These fragments I have shored against my ruins' : Russell and modernism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12317-7

9786613123176

1-4411-9749-4

OCLC:

727649554