A critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of
language.
In this textbook, Michael Morris offers a critical introduction to
the central issues of the philosophy of language. Each chapter
focusses on one or two texts which have had a seminal influence on
work in the subject, and uses these as a way of approaching both
the central topics and the various traditions of dealing with them.
Texts include classic writings by Frege, Russell, Kripke, Quine,
Davidson, Austin, Grice and Wittgenstein. Theoretical jargon is
kept to a minimum and is fully explained whenever it is introduced.
The range of topics covered includes sense and reference, definite
descriptions, proper names, natural-kind terms, de re and de dicto
necessity, propositional attitudes, truth-theoretical approaches to
meaning, radical interpretation, indeterminacy of translation,
speech acts, intentional theories of meaning, and scepticism about
meaning. The book will be invaluable to students and to all readers
who are interested in the nature of linguistic meaning.
Table of contents:
Introduction; 1. Locke and the nature of language; 2. Frege on
sense and reference; 3. Russell on definite descriptions; 4. Kripke
on proper names; 5. Natural-kind terms; 6. Quine on de dicto and de
re modality; 7. Reference and propositional attitudes; 8. The
semantics of propositional attitudes; 9. Davidson on truth and
meaning; 10. Quine and Davidson on translation and interpretation;
11. Quine on the indeterminacy of translation; 12. Austin on speech
acts; 13. Grice on meaning; 14. Kripke on the rule-following
paradox; 15. Wittgenstein on the Augustinian picture.
"'This is a knowledgeable and very useful addition to contemporary introductions to the philosophy of language, somewhere in difficulty between Lycan's 2008 and Taylor's (1998) worthy texts. It is the right size for a 15-week semester course, at one chapter a week (students like to use what they buy) ...this book will give any motivated student a good survey of the subject." --Robert Harnish, University of Arizona, Philosphy in Review
Michael Morris is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He is author of The Good and the True (1992) and numerous articles.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction; 1. Locke and the nature of language; 2. Frege on sense and reference; 3. Russell on definite descriptions; 4. Kripke on proper names; 5. Natural-kind terms; 6. Quine on de dicto and de re modality; 7. Reference and propositional attitudes; 8. The semantics of propositional attitudes; 9. Davidson on truth and meaning; 10. Quine and Davidson on translation and interpretation; 11. Quine on the indeterminacy of translation; 12. Austin on speech acts; 13. Grice on meaning; 14. Kripke on the rule-following paradox; 15. Wittgenstein on the Augustinian picture.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Locke and the nature of language 2. Frege on sense and reference 3. Russell on definite descriptions 4. Kripke on proper names 5. Natural-kind terms 6. Quine on de dicto and de re modality 7. Reference and propositional attitudes 8. The semantics of propositional attitudes 9. Davidson on truth and meaning 10. Quine and Davidson on translation and interpretation 11. Quine on the indeterminacy of translation 12. Austin on speech acts 13. Grice on meaning 14. Kripke on the rule-following paradox 15. Wittgenstein on the Augustinian picture.
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