UID:
almafu_9959328500702883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 446 pages)
ISBN:
9780470757031
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0470757035
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9781405178273
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1405178272
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9780631231424
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0631231420
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9781405164894
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1405164891
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9780470756782
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0470756780
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0631231412
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9780631231417
Series Statement:
Blackwell philosophy guides ; 19
Content:
A collection of twenty essays, offering a survey of various topics in the philosophy of language. It includes chapters on analyticity, anaphora, conditionals, descriptions, formal semantics, indexicals and demonstratives, kind terms, metaphor, names, propositional attitude ascriptions, speech acts, truth, and vagueness.
Note:
Foundational issues in the philosophy of language / Martin Davies -- The nature of meaning / Paul Horwich -- Truth and reference as the basis for meaning / James Higginbotham -- Language, thought, and meaning / Brian Loar -- Meaning scepticism / Alexander Miller -- Analyticity again / Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore -- Formal semantics / Max Cresswell -- Speech acts and pragmatics / Kent Bach -- Figurative language / Josef Stern -- Propositional attitude ascription / Mark Richard -- Conditionals / Frank Jackson -- Vagueness / Stephen Schiffer -- The semantics of non-factualism, non-cognitivism, and quasi-realism / Simon Blackburn -- Names / William G. Lycan -- General terms and mass terms / Stephen P. Schwartz -- Descriptions / Peter Ludlow and Stephen Neale -- Using indexicals / John Perry -- Pronouns and anaphora / Stephen Neale -- Naturalistic theories of reference / Karen Neander -- Truth / Vann McGee.
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Foundational issues -- Meaning -- Reference.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Blackwell guide to the philosophy of language. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2006 ISBN 9780631231417
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0631231412
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Philosophy
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470757031
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757031
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757031
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757031
