The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language

Michael Devitt, Richard Hanley (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

460 Seiten

2006
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-23141-7 (ISBN)

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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.

Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics

Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further readings

Topics addressed include the nature of meaning, speech acts and pragmatics, figurative language, and naturalistic theories of reference

Michael Devitt is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Designation (1981), Coming to Our Senses: A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism (1995), Realism and Truth (1997), and Language and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (with Kim Sterelny, 1999). Richard Hanley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Star Trek (1997, reprinted in paperback as Is Data Human?), as well as articles in metaphysics and philosophy of language.

Preface. Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Michael Devitt and Richard Hanley.

Part I: Foundational Issues.

Foundations issues in the philosophy of language: Martin Davies (Australian National University).

Part II: Meaning.

The nature of meaning: Paul Horwich (City University of New York Graduate Center).

Truth and reference as the basis for meaning: James Higginbotham (University of Southern California).

Language, thought, and meaning: Brian Loar (Rutgers University).

Meaning skepticism: Alex Miller (Macquarie University).

Analyticity again: Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (Rutgers University).

Formal semantics: Max Cresswell (University of Aukland & Texas A&M University) Speech acts and pragmatics: Kent Bach (San Francisco State University).

Figurative language: Josef Stern (University of Chicago & Bar-Ilan University, Israel).

Propositional attitude ascription: Mark Richard (Tufts University).

Conditionals: Frank Jackson (Australian National University).

Vagueness: Stephen Schiffer (New York University).

The semantics of non-factualism, non-cognitivism, quasi-realism: Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge).

Part III: Reference.

Names: William Lycan (University of North Carolina).

General terms and mass terms: Stephen Schwartz (Ithaca College).

Descriptions: Peter Ludlow and Stephen Neale (University of Michigan & Rutgers University).

Using indexicals: John Perry (Stanford University).

Pronouns and anaphora: Stephen Neale (Rutgers University).

Naturalistic theories of reference: Karen Neander (University of California, Davis) Truth: Vann McGee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Bibliography.

Index.

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.3.2006
Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Philosophy Guides
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	173 x 254 mm
Gewicht	934 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	0-631-23141-2 / 0631231412
ISBN-13	978-0-631-23141-7 / 9780631231417
Zustand	Neuware