Proposing a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein, Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. Their provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, and students of communication.
Proposing a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein, Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. Their provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, and students of communication.
Introduction Part I. Scepticism and Language: 1. The prison-house of language 2. Referential realism 3. Out of the prison-house Part II. Names and Their Bearers: 4. Russell's principle and Wittgenstein's slogan 5. The name-tracking network 6. Rigidity 7. Description and causes 8. Knowledge of rules Part III. Propositions: 9. Meaning and truth 10. Truth and use 11. Unnatural kinds 12. Necessity and 'grammar' Part IV. Paradoxes of Interpretation: 13. Indeterminacy of translation 14. Linguistic competence 15. Paradox and substitutivity Epilogue.
Introduction Part I. Scepticism and Language: 1. The prison-house of language 2. Referential realism 3. Out of the prison-house Part II. Names and Their Bearers: 4. Russell's principle and Wittgenstein's slogan 5. The name-tracking network 6. Rigidity 7. Description and causes 8. Knowledge of rules Part III. Propositions: 9. Meaning and truth 10. Truth and use 11. Unnatural kinds 12. Necessity and 'grammar' Part IV. Paradoxes of Interpretation: 13. Indeterminacy of translation 14. Linguistic competence 15. Paradox and substitutivity Epilogue.
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