Michael Devitt

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language

Herausgeber: Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language is a collection of 20 new essays by internationally renowned scholars. Each contribution offers an authoritative survey of a central topic in philosophy of language, often accompanied by useful suggestions for further reading; the volume also has a large and insightful bibliography at the end. Included are chapters on analyticity, anaphora, conditionals, descriptions, formal semantics, indexicals and demonstratives, kind terms, metaphor, names, propositional attitude ascriptions, speech acts, truth, and vagueness. An introduction by the editors sets the stage for extended treatments of theories of meaning and reference, and an investigation of foundational issues. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate survey courses, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language is an invaluable resource for students and professional philosophers alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 171mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 799g
• ISBN-13: 9780631231424
• ISBN-10: 0631231420
• Artikelnr.: 22081191

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 YorkGraduate Center).

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

Language, thought, and meaning: Brian Loar (RutgersUniversity).

Meaning skepticism: Alex Miller (Macquarie University).

Analyticity again: Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (RutgersUniversity).

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 (TuftsUniversity).

Conditionals: Frank Jackson (Australian NationalUniversity).

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 (IthacaCollege).

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

Using indexicals: John Perry (Stanford University).

Pronouns and anaphora: Stephen Neale (Rutgers University).

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

Bibliography.

Index.

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Rezensionen

"A superb collection of essays by a virtual who's whoof the philosophy of language today...the articles clearly andhelpfully sum up the state of play without erasing theirauthors' distinctive perspectives." Paul Boghossian,New York University

"Devitt and Hanley have assembled a superb list ofcontributors. They are all leading authorities on their topics, andtogether they offer an absolutely up-to-date analysis of currentissues in the philosophy of language. This is the first book Iwould choose for a course on this subject." DavidPapineau, King's College London