Philosophers have had an interest in language from the earliest
times but the twentieth century, with its so-called 'linguistic
turn' in philosophy, has seen a huge expansion of work focused
specifically on language and its foundations. No branch of
philosophy has been unaffected by this shift of emphasis. It is
timely at the end of the century to review and assess the vast
range of issues that have been developed and debated in this
central area.
The distinguished international contributors present a clear,
accessible guide to the fundamental questions raised by the
philosophers about language. Contributions include Graeme Forbes on
necessity, Susan Haack on deviant logics, Paul Horwich on truth,
Charles Travis on Wittgenstein, L.J. Cohen on linguistic
philosophy, Ruth Kempson on semantics and syntax and Christopher
Hookway on ontology, to name but a few. A wide range of topics are
covered from the metaphysics and ontology of language, language and
mind, truth and meaning, to theories or reference, speech act
theory, philosophy of logic and formal semantics. There are also
articles on key figures from the twentieth century and
earlier.
Based on the foundation provided by the award-winning
"Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics" this single volume
provides a collection of articles that will be an invaluable
reference tool for all those interested in the area of philosophy
of language, and also to those in cognitive science and psychology.
All the articles have been thoroughly revised and updated. This
volume gives a unique survey of topics that are at the very core of
contemporary philosophy.
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