Description: In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundational concepts--such as truth, reference, and meaning--that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. The first part of the book describes how philosophers from Frege, Russell, Tarski, and Carnap to Kripke, Kaplan, and Montague developed precise techniques for understanding the languages of logic and mathematics, and how these techniques have been refined and extended to the study of natural human languages. The book then builds on this account, exploring new thinking about propositions, possibility, and the relationship between meaning, assertion, and other aspects of language use. An invaluable overview of the philosophy of language by one of its most important practitioners, this book will be essential reading for all serious students of philosophy.
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EAN: 9780691155975
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Book Title: Philosophy of Language (Princeton Foundations of C
Item Length: 21.3 cm
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Philosophy of Language
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 255 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Scott Soames
Subject Area: Data Analysis
Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
