Screen LibraryNew waves in philosophy of language
Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic understanding, semantics of proper names and expressive ter...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New waves in philosophy. |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230248588 |
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Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic understanding, semantics of proper names and expressive terms, a contemporary construal of analytic truth. 'This is a very useful collection of papers by a first rate group of young philosophers of language'. - Alex Miller, University of Birmingham, UK. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 304 p. |
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9780230224360 9780230248588 : 0230248586 : |
| CLC: | H0 |
| Contents: | Series Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction-- S.Sawyer Vagueness and Non-Indexical Contextualism-- J.A...kerman& P.Greenough Semantics and the Place of Psychological Evidence-- E.Borg Naturalism in the Philosophy of Language-- or Why There is No Such Thing as Language-- J.Collins Referring When Push-Comes-to-Shove-- K.Edwards Semantic Normativity in Context-- A.Hattiangadi Literal Force: A Defence of Conventional Assertion-- M.Kolbel A Plea for Understanding-- G.Longworth From the Expressive to the Derogatory: On the Semantic Role for Non-Truth-Conditional Meaning-- S.Predelli Analyticity in Externalist Languages-- G.Russell The Modified Predicate Theory of Proper Names-- S.Sawyer Introduction, Transmission, and the Foundations of Meaning-- J.Speaks Linguistic Puzzles and Semantic Pretence-- J.A.Woodbridge& B.Armour-Garb Index. |