Gary Kemp (UK University of Glasgow)

What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoroughly revised throughout and includes a new chapter on Chomsky's theory of grammar. The concluding chapter on modern directions in philosophy of language has been expanded to two chapters and now cover crucial emergent areas of study such as slurs, conceptual engineering, and experimental philosophy.

Produktdetails

• What is this thing called?
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 173mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781032426549
• ISBN-10: 1032426543
• Artikelnr.: 69482406

Autorenporträt

Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has authored or edited various books and articles in the philosophy of language, including Quine versus Davidson: Truth, Reference and Meaning .

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the third edition Introduction 1. Naïve semantics and the
language of logic 2. Fregean semantics 3. Russellian semantics 4. Russell's
Theory of Judgement, The Early Wittgenstein, and Logical Positivism 5. The
Late Wittgenstein 6. Quine's philosophy of language 7. Kripke on naming and
necessity 8. Context dependence, indexicality and natural kinds 9.
Pragmatics 10. Davidson's philosophy of language 11. The propositional
attitudes 12. Chomsky's Universal Grammar 13. Modern Directions I 14.
Modern Directions II. Glossary Bibliography Index