An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language (Hardcover)

In this textbook, Michael Morris offers a critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language. Each chapter focusses on one or two texts which have had a seminal influence on work in the subject, and uses these as a way of approaching both the central topics and the various traditions of dealing with them. Texts include classic writings by Frege, Russell, Kripke, Quine, Davidson, Austin, Grice and Wittgenstein. Theoretical jargon is kept to a minimum and is fully explained whenever it is introduced. The range of topics covered includes sense and reference, definite descriptions, proper names, natural-kind terms, de re and de dicto necessity, propositional attitudes, truth-theoretical approaches to meaning, radical interpretation, indeterminacy of translation, speech acts, intentional theories of meaning, and scepticism about meaning. The book will be invaluable to students and to all readers who are interested in the nature of linguistic meaning.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	2007
Authors:	Michael Morris
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84215-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language
LSN:	0-521-84215-8
Barcode:	9780521842150

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