Philosophy of Language / / Scott Soames.

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• VerfasserIn: Soames, Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2010
• מהדורה: Course Book
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy ; 2
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 4 line illus.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: A Century of Work in the Philosophy of Language -- CHAPTER ONE The Logical Study of Language -- CHAPTER TWO: Truth, Interpretation, and Meaning -- CHAPTER THREE: Meaning, Modality, and Possible Worlds Semantics -- CHAPTER FOUR: Rigid Designation, Direct Reference, and Indexicality -- PART TWO: New Directions -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Metaphysics of Meaning: Propositions and Possible Worlds -- CHAPTER SIX: Apriority, Aposteriority, and Actuality -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Limits of Meaning -- References -- Index