Michael Morris

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9780521842150
• ISBN-10: 0521842158
• Artikelnr.: 22553208

Autorenporträt

Michael Morris is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He is author of The Good and the True (1992) and numerous articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Locke and the nature of language
2. Frege on sense and reference
3. Russell on definite descriptions
4. Kripke on proper names
5. Natural-kind terms
6. Quine on de dicto and de re modality
7. Reference and propositional attitudes
8. The semantics of propositional attitudes
9. Davidson on truth and meaning
10. Quine and Davidson on translation and interpretation
11. Quine on the indeterminacy of translation
12. Austin on speech acts
13. Grice on meaning
14. Kripke on the rule-following paradox
15. Wittgenstein on the Augustinian picture.