Philosophy of Language (Fundamentals of Philosophy) - Softcover

Miller, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857284704 ISBN 13: 9781857284706

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy.

About this title

Product Description:

This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an unrivalled guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy.

Synopsis:

This accessible introduction to the philosophy of language sees it not as a series of cold technical exercises but as a vital part of that strange Curiosity That Motivates Energetic Philosophical Thinking. For The teacher as well as the student the text delivers material to serve as the central text in its field.; It covers everything one would expect to find in a thorough introduction - including Frege, Russell, logical positivism, Wittgenstein, Quine, Kripke, Fodor, Wright, Grice, Searle, Davidson, Tarski, realism and anti-realism - but it is no mere survey rehashing well worn ideas; rather the issues are thought through from their foundation in an original way by an author whose belief in the importance of language and its relation to philosophy is evident on each page.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857284704
• ISBN 13: 9781857284706
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368