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The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

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

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• Größe: 1.93MB

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Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470756782
• Artikelnr.: 38205925

Rezensionen

"Contains much of worth and will not doubt prove a useful addition to the burgeoning market for survey volumes in philosophy of language." (Philosophy In Review)"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."
-David Papineau, King's College London