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Truth, Meaning, Experience: Philosophical Essays
Anil Gupta
Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy: logic
Hardback
This volume reprints eight of Anil Gupta's essays, some with additional material. The essays bring a refreshing new perspective... [more]
Intensionality and Truth
Charles Sayward, Philip Hugly
Philosophy of language; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: logic
Paperback
Prior's view on intensionality and truth is based on the principle that sentences never name, that what sentences say cannot... [more]
Wordly Wise: The Semiotics of Discourse in Dante's Commedia
Raffaele De Benedictis
Philosophy of language; Poetry by individual poets; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Semiotics & semiology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Hardback
Offers critical methods in the study of the Divine Comedy and Dante's minor works. This book addresses the discursive aspect... [more]
Mere Possibilities: Metaphysical Foundations of Modal Semantics
Robert C. Stalnaker
Philosophy of language; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: logic
Hardback
It seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed.... [more]
Truth in Virtue of Meaning: A Defence of the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction...
Gillian Russell
Philosophy of language; History of Western philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy: logic
Paperback
The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences--the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of... [more]
Donald Davidson: A Short Introduction
Kathrin Gluer
Philosophy of language; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy of mind
Hardback
In this book, Kathrin Gluer carefully outlines Donald Davidson's principal claims and arguments, and discusses them in some... [more]
Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy
Hannah Dawson
Philosophy of language; History of ideas
Paperback
This 2007 book explains why language caused unease to writers such as Montaigne, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Pascal. [more]
Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization
John Searle
linguistics; Philosophy of language; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind; Social & political philosophy
Paperback
The renowned philosopher John Searle investigates the nature of social reality. How do institutions such as money, marriage,... [more]
The Philosophy of J. L. Austin
Martin Gustafsson, Richard Sorli
linguistics; Philosophy of language; Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Hardback
This is the first major study of J. L. Austin's philosophy in decades. Leading philosophers show the relevance of his work... [more]
Action and Existence: A Case for Agent Causation
James Swindal
Philosophy of language; Philosophy: logic; Philosophy of mind
Hardback
Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account.... [more]
Critical Pragmatics: An Inquiry into Reference and Communication
John Perry, Kepa Korta
Philosophy of language; Semantics; Philosophy of mind
Paperback
Explains why critical pragmatics provides insight into how language study fits within the broader picture of human thought... [more]
The Sources of Intentionality
Uriah Kriegel
Philosophy of language; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind
Hardback
What do paintings, thoughts, words, desires, photographs, and perceptions have in common? They are all about something, are... [more]
Artha: Meaning
Jonardon Ganeri
Philosophy of language; Oriental & Indian philosophy
Paperback
This book examines the theories of meaning or artha in different schools of philosophical thought highlighting the significant... [more]
Interpreting Imperatives
Magdalena Kaufmann
Philosophy of language; Semantics
Hardback
This book offers new perspective on imperative clauses in the study of meaning. Analyzes imperatives in terms of modalized... [more]
The Oxford Handbook of Wittgenstein
Marie McGinn, Oskari Kuusela
Philosophy of language; Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Philosophy: logic
Hardback
Since the middle of the 20th century Ludwig Wittgenstein has been an exceptionally influential and controversial figure wherever... [more]
Language: Communication and Human Behavior: The Linguistic Essays of William...
Alan Huffman, Joseph Davis
Philosophy of language; Historical & comparative linguistics
Hardback
Language: Communication and Human Behavior [more]
The Theory of Descriptions: Russell and the Philosophy of Language
Graham Stevens
Philosophy of language; Semantics; Philosophy; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism
Hardback
The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends... [more]
Signs of Logic: Peircean Themes on the Philosophy of Language, Games, and...
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (University of Helsinki)
Philosophy of language; Semantics; Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: logic; Applied mathematics
Paperback
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) was one of the most profound and prolific thinkers and scientists to have come out of the... [more]
Retranslation Through the Centuries: Jules Verne in English
Kieran O'Driscoll (National Maternity Hospital Dublin Ireland)
Language: reference & general; linguistics; Philosophy of language; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Paperback
Integrates a number of methodologies in order to offer a comprehensive explanation of translation outcomes. This book addresses... [more]
Moses Mendelssohn's Metaphysics and Aesthetics
Reinier W. Munk (Leiden University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Language: reference & general; Philosophy of language; Literary studies: general; Reference works; Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Culled from a set of expert dialogues delivered by specialists at a conference in 2009, this volume addresses various topics... [more]
Epistemic Modality
Andy Egan, Brian Weatherson
Philosophy of language; Grammar, syntax; Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Paperback
There is a lot that we don't know. That means there are a lot of possibilities that are, epistemically speaking, open. What... [more]
The Unity of Linguistic Meaning
John Collins
linguistics; Philosophy of language; Semantics; Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Philosophy: logic
Hardback
John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition-how propositions can be both single things... [more]
Self-expression
Mitchell S. Green
Philosophy of language; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy: aesthetics; Experimental psychology
Paperback
This systematic philosophical study of self-expression explores the ways in which it reveals our states of thought, feeling,... [more]
Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers
Barry Lee
Philosophy of language
Paperback
Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to human language for more than 2000 years. This book offers... [more]
Heidegger, Translation, and the Task of Thinking
Frank Schalow
Philosophy of language; Translation & interpretation; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Hardback
Gathering essays by internationally recognized scholars, this volume examines the specific synergy that holds between Heidegger's... [more]
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