Meaning

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2003
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-22222-4 (ISBN)

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This text brings together some of the most significant contemporary philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, providing an introduction to core questions in the philosophy of language. Topics discussed include analyticity and translational indeterminacy.

Meaning brings together some of the most significant philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, presenting canonical essays on core questions in the philosophy of language.

Brings together essential readings which define and advance the literature on linguistic representation and understanding.
Examines key topics in philosophy of language, including analyticity; translational indeterminacy; theories of reference; meaning as use; the nature of linguistic competence; truth and meaning; and relations between semantics and metaphysics.
Includes classic articles by key figures such as Frege, Quine, Putnam, Kripke, and Davidson; and recent reactions to this work by philosophers including Mark Wilson, Scott Soames, James Higginbotham, Frank Jackson, Alex Byrne, and Paul Bogohossian.

Mark Richard is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Tufts University. He is the author of Propositional Attitudes (1990) and numerous articles. He is also an editor for the journal Linguistics and Philosophy.

Acknowledgments. Introduction: Conceptions of Meaning (Mark Richard).

1. 'On Sense and Reference' (Gottlob Frege).

2. From Naming and Necessity (Saul Kripke).

3. 'Meaning and Reference' (Hilary Putnam).

4. 'Predicate Meets Property' (Mark Wilson).

5. From Meaning (Paul Horwich).

6. From 'Ontological Relativity' (W. V. O. Quine).

7. From 'The Indeterminancy of Translation and the Inscrutability of Reference' (Scott Soames).

8. 'Individuation, Causal Relations, and Quine' (Jody Azzouni).

9. 'Radical Interpretation' (Donald Davidson).

10. 'Semantics and Semantic Competence' (Scott Soames).

11. 'Truth and Understanding' (James Higginbotham).

12. From 'Indexicals and Demonstratives' (John Perry).

13. Two Dogmas of Empiricism (W.V.O. Quine).

14. Armchair Metaphysics. Mind, Method, & Conditionals (Frank Jackson).

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.1.2003
Reihe/Serie	Wiley Blackwell Readings in Philosophy
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 236 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-631-22222-7 / 0631222227
ISBN-13	978-0-631-22222-4 / 9780631222224
Zustand	Neuware