Readings in the Philosophy of Language

Name: Readings in the Philosophy of Language
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ISBN: 9780262621144

ISBN-10: 0262621142

ISBN-13: 9780262621144

Edition: 1997

Authors: Peter Ludlow

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Philosophy has gradually lost certain subjects and areas of enquiry to the natural sciences. This collection of writings seeks to demonstrate how the philosophy of language, or at least a core part, is now spinning off into linguistic theory.

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/9/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1088
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.696
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Language and Meaning



The Thought: A Logical Inquiry




Excerpt from The Blue and Brown Books




Translation and Meaning




Utterer's Meaning and Intentions




Truth and Meaning




What Model-Theoretic Semantics Cannot Do




What Is a Theory of Meaning?




Elucidations of Meaning




Knowledge of Meaning and Theories of Truth




Logical Form and Grammatical Form



Some Remarks on Logical Form




The Logical Form of Action Sentences




Semantic Structure and Logical Form




Deep Structure as Logical Form




Logical Form as a Level of Linguistic Representation




Definite and Indefinite Descriptions



Descriptions




On Referring




Reference and Definite Descriptions




Speaker's Reference and Semantic Reference




Context and Communication




Referential and Quantificational Indefinites




Indefinite Descriptions: In Defense of Russell




Names



On Sense and Reference




Proper Names




Reference and Proper Names




Lecture II of Naming and Necessity




The Causal Theory of Names




Demonstratives



Truth and Demonstratives




Dthat




Frege on Demonstratives




Understanding Demonstratives




Individuation and the Semantics of Demonstratives




Attitude Reports



The Method of Intension




On Synonymy and Indirect Discourse




Vagaries of Reference




On Saying That




Opacity and Scope




Sententialist Theories of Belief




A Puzzle about Belief




Direct Reference, Propositional Attitudes, and Semantic Content




The Prince and the Phone Booth: Reporting Puzzling Beliefs




Interpreted Logical Forms




Intensional "Transitive" Verbs and Concealed Complement Clauses



Index