Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction
Philosophy of Language: a Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth and twenty-first century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Topics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Descriptions, Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical...
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Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.Topics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Desciptions, Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four theories of metaphor.Features of Philosophy of Language include:New chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary theories of meaning and relevance theorychapter overviews and summariesclear supportive examplesstudy questionsannotated further readingglossary
1 Introduction: meaning and reference 1Pt. I Reference and referring2 Definite descriptions 93 Proper names: the Description Theory 314 Proper names: Direct Reference and the Causal-Historical Theory 45Pt. II Theories of meaning5 Traditional theories of meaning 656 "Use" theories 767 Psychological theories: Grice's program 868 Verificationism 989 Truth-Condition Theories: Davidson's program 10910 Truth-Condition Theories: possible worlds and intensional semantics 126Pt. III Pragmatics and speech acts11 Semantic pragmatics 13712 Speech acts and illocutionary force 14413 Implicative relations 156Pt. IV The dark side14 Metaphor 175Notes 191Glossary 201Bibliography 205Index 217
\ From the Publisher"This exceptional text fulfills two essential criteria of a good introductory textbook in the philosophy of language: it covers a broad range of topics well, all of which are the basis of current active research, and does so in an accurate manner accessible to undergraduate students." –Mike Harnish, University of Arizona\ "...an excellent textbook for teaching. the examples throughout are delightful and students will love them." –Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington\ \ \ \
