Philosophy of language / Scott Soames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soames, Scott.

Series:

Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy.

Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundational concepts--such as truth, reference, and meaning--that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. The first part of the book describes how philosophers from Frege, Russell, Tarski, and Carnap to Kripke, Kaplan, and Montague developed precise techniques for understanding the languages of logic and mathematics, and how these techniques have been refined and extended to the study of natural human languages. The book then builds on this account, exploring new thinking about propositions, possibility, and the relationship between meaning, assertion, and other aspects of language use. An invaluable overview of the philosophy of language by one of its most important practitioners, this book will be essential reading for all serious students of philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: A Century of Work in the Philosophy of Language

CHAPTER ONE The Logical Study of Language

CHAPTER TWO: Truth, Interpretation, and Meaning

CHAPTER THREE: Meaning, Modality, and Possible Worlds Semantics

CHAPTER FOUR: Rigid Designation, Direct Reference, and Indexicality

PART TWO: New Directions

CHAPTER FIVE: The Metaphysics of Meaning: Propositions and Possible Worlds

CHAPTER SIX: Apriority, Aposteriority, and Actuality

CHAPTER SEVEN: The Limits of Meaning

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786612692154

9781782689485

1782689486

9781282692152

1282692151

9781400833931

1400833930

OCLC:

657316986