Nicholas Fotion

Geography of Context

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

We cannot use language without having context in place. But context is not a single thing. Instead, typically, each use of language presupposes a complex set of beliefs, habits, behaviors, and moral commitments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 187g
• ISBN-13: 9780761871033
• ISBN-10: 0761871039
• Artikelnr.: 54609236

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Fotion is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, USA. He has published widely on the ethics of military action. He is also author of John Searle in Acumen's Philosophy Now series.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Text and Context
Chapter 2 More Surface Material
Chapter 3 Social Contexts
Chapter 4 Ethical (Moral) Memories
Chapter 5 Empirical Contexts
Chapter 6 More Empirical and Normative Contexts
Chapter 7 "Logic" and Contexts
Chapter 8 Still More "Logic"
Chapter 9 Expressives and Declarations
Chapter 10 Putting it Together
Chapter 11 Four Processes
Chapter 12 Interpretation
Chapter 13 Closing Thoughts
Bibliography
Index
About the Author