Linguistics in Philosophy / / Zeno Vendler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Vendler, Zeno,
• MitwirkendeR: Vendler, Zeno,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Linguistics and the A Priori --; 2. Singular Terms --; 3. Each and Every, Any and All --; 4. Verbs and Times --; 5. Facts and Events --; 6. Effects, Results, and Consequences --; 7. The Grammar of Goodness --; Works Referred To --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501743726; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501743726
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zeno Vendler.

This book is a major attempt to reconcile the empirical basis of linguistic science with the a priori nature of philosophical reasoning. Its purpose is to show how the methods and findings of linguistic science, especially of transformational grammar, can be used to cast light upon central problems of analytic philosophy. After dealing with recent objections to the use of linguistic techniques in philosophy, the author shows, with great force and clarity, how these techniques can be applied to such problems as the analysis of singular terms, the concepts of fact, event, and causality, and the meaning of the word "good."