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

Redaktion: Devitt, Michael; Hanley, Richard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

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

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 York Graduate
Center).
Truth and reference as the basis for meaning: James Higginbotham
(University of Southern California).
Language, thought, and meaning: Brian Loar (Rutgers University).
Meaning skepticism: Alex Miller (Macquarie University).
Analyticity again: Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore (Rutgers University).
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 (Tufts University).
Conditionals: Frank Jackson (Australian National University).
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 (Ithaca College).
Descriptions: Peter Ludlow and Stephen Neale (University of Michigan &
Rutgers University).
Using indexicals: John Perry (Stanford University).
Pronouns and anaphora: Stephen Neale (Rutgers University).
Naturalistic theories of reference: Karen Neander (University of
California, Davis) Truth: Vann McGee (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology).
Bibliography.
Index.
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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