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Philosophy of Language

An introduction to the philosophy of language, examining such areas as: semantic scepticism; Quine and Kripke; naturalistic responses to semantic scepticism; non-naturalistic responses to semantic scepticism; and Wittgenstein on language.

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  • "An introduction to the philosophy of language, examining such areas as: semantic scepticism; Quine and Kripke; naturalistic responses to semantic scepticism; non-naturalistic responses to semantic scepticism; and Wittgenstein on language."@en
  • "This book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy. The second edition includes new material on: Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Davidson as well as new chapters on the causal theory of reference, possible worlds semantics and€semantic externalism."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "This book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy. The second edition includes new material on: Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Davidson as well as new chapters on the causal theory of reference, possible worlds semantics and semantic externalism."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "This accessible introduction to the philosophy of language sees the subject not as a series of cold technical exercises, but as a vital part of that strange curiosity that motivates energetic philosophical thinking."

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