Models and Metaphors : Studies in Language and Philosophy / Max Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Max, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language Arts & Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Language Arts & Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although the range is wide (philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of science) in this collection of essays, there is a certain unity of treatment arising from the author's steady interest in using "linguistic analysis" to cast some new light on old problems, such as the nature of logic, causation, and induction.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface / Black, Max

Contents

I. Language and Reality

II. Explanations of Meaning

III. Metaphor

IV. Presupposition and Implication

V. Necessary Statements and Rules

VI. The Analysis of Rules

VII. Possibility

VIII. Making Something Happen

IX. Can the Effect Precede the Cause?

X. The "Direction" of Time

XI. Can Induction Be Vindicated?

XII. Self-supporting Inductive Arguments

XIII. Models and Archetypes

XIV. Linguistic Relativity: The Views of Benjamin Lee Whorf

Additional Notes and References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501741326

1501741322

OCLC:

1110710630