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Philosophy of language has been at the center of philosophical research at least since the start of the 20th century. Since that 'linguistic turn' much of the most important work in philosophy has related to language. But until now there has been no regular forum for outstanding original work in this area. That is what Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language offers. Anyone wanting to know what's happening in philosophy of language could start with these volumes.
This Companion brings together a team of leading figures in contemporary philosophy to provide an in-depth exposition and analysis of Quine s extensive influence across philosophy s many subfields, highlighting the breadth of his work, and revealing his continued significance today. * Provides an in-depth account and analysis of W.V.O. Quine s contribution to American Philosophy, and his position as one of the late twentieth-century s most influential analytic philosophers * Brings together newly-commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy * Covers Quine s work across philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, ontology and metaphysics, epistemology, and more * Explores his work in relation to the origins of analytic philosophy in America, and to the history of philosophy more broadly * Highlights the breadth of Quine s work across the discipline, and demonstrates the continuing influence of his work within the philosophical community
Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language
becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about
language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are
habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on
these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a
"rabbit"'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the
meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language
acquisition. But no matter when or how frequently these devices are
invoked, one thing is clear: they present theorists of language
with a complex data pattern. Herman Cappelen and Ernest Lepore show
that the study of these devices and patterns not only represents an
interesting and neglected project in the philosophy of language,
but also carries important consequences for other parts of
philosophy.
Ernest Lepore and Kirk Ludwig examine the foundations and
applications of Davidson's influential program of truth-theoretic
semantics for natural languages. The program uses an axiomatic
truth theory for a language, which meets certain constraints, to
serve the goals of a compositional meaning theory.
Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language
becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about
language. Those who think, talk and write about language are
compulsive users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on
these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a
"rabbit"'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the
meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language
acquisition. But no matter when or how frequently these devices are
invoked, one thing is clear: they present theorists of language
with a complex data pattern. Herman Cappelen and Ernest Lepore
argue that the study of these devices and patterns is not only
interesting, but also carries important consequences for other
parts of philosophy.
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