Philosophy of Language (Fundamentals of Philosophy) - Softcover

Miller, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 077351709X ISBN 13: 9780773517097

Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Starting with Gottlob Frege's foundational theories of sense and reference, Miller provides a useful introduction to the formal logic used in all subsequent philosophy of language. He communicates a sense of active philosophical debate by confronting the views of the early theorists concerned with building systematic theories - such as Frege, Bertrand Russell, and the logical positivists - with the attacks mounted by sceptics - such as W.O. Quine, Saul Kripke, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. This leads to important excursions into related areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science that present the more recent attempts to save the notions of sense and meaning by philosophers such as Paul Grice, John Searle, Jerry Fodor, Colin McGinn, and Crispin Wright. Miller then returns to the systematic program by examining the formal theories of Donald Davidson, concluding with a chapter surveying the relevance of philosophy of language to the broader metaphysical debates between realists and anti-realists. Miller's clear, engaged, and coherently structured approach makes Philosophy of Language an ideal text for undergraduate courses. The guides to further reading provided in each chapter help the reader pursue interesting topics further and facilitate using the book in conjunction with primary sources.

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Alex Miller is lecturer of philosophy, University of Birmingham.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 077351709X
• ISBN 13: 9780773517097
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300
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