The Second Linguistic Turn: Chomsky and the Philosophy of Language

Das Gupta, Amitabha

ISBN 10: 3631498667 / ISBN 13: 9783631498668

Published by Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 1996

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XI, 220 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Second Linguistic Turn: Chomsky and the Philosophy of Language
• Publisher: Frankfurt, Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631498667
• ISBN 13: 9783631498668
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: Wie neu
• Dust Jacket Condition: Ohne Schutzumschlag

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Synopsis

The book is an inquiry into the presuppositions of the philosophy of language. To this effect, a distinction has been made between theory and its underlying presuppositions. The main thrust of this work is to critically examine these presuppositions so as to make a correct assessment of the theories/approaches that follow from them. Central to this inquiry is Noam Chomsky's theory of grammar. It has been used as a tool in the light of which the investigation has been carried out and it has also been projected as offering an alternative theoretical foundation to the philosophy of language.

About the Author

The Author: Amitabha Das Gupta teaches Philosophy at the University of Hyderabad, India. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur he was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to carry out his post-doctoral research at MIT, Cambridge, Mass. He has held research and teaching positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Science, Boston University, Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and Maison Des Sciences De L'Homme, Paris.