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Author : Aloysius Martinich
Release : 2009
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Philosophy of Language: Singular terms, propositional attitudes, and modality by : Aloysius Martinich
Download or read book Philosophy of Language: Singular terms, propositional attitudes, and modality written by Aloysius Martinich. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dov M. Gabbay
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Handbook of Philosophical Logic by : Dov M. Gabbay
Download or read book Handbook of Philosophical Logic written by Dov M. Gabbay. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: conceptual, realist) theories of predication. Chapter IV.4 centers on an important class of expressions used for predication in connection with quantities: mass expressions. This chapter reviews the most well-known approaches to mass terms and the ontological proposals related to them. In addition to quantification and predication, matters of reference have constituted the other overriding theme for semantic theories in both philosophical logic and the semantics of natural languages. Chapter IV.5 of how the semantics of proper names and descrip presents an overview tions have been dealt with in recent theories of reference. Chapter IV.6 is concerned with the context-dependence of reference, in particular, with the semantics of indexical expressions. The topic of Chapter IV.7 is related to predication as it surveys some of the central problems of ascribing propositional attitudes to agents. Chap ter IV.8 deals with the analysis of the main temporal aspects of natural language utterances. Together these two chapters give a good indication of the intricate complexities that arise once modalities of one or the other sort enter on the semantic stage. in philosophical Chapter IV.9 deals with another well-known topic logic: presupposition, an issue on the borderline of semantics and prag matics. The volume closes with an extensive study of the Liar paradox and its many implications for the study of language (as for example, self reference, truth concepts and truth definitions).
Author : Gary Kemp
Release : 2013-03-05
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis What is this thing called Philosophy of Language? by : Gary Kemp
Download or read book What is this thing called Philosophy of Language? written by Gary Kemp. This book was released on 2013-03-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy of language explores some of the fundamental yet most technical problems in philosophy, such as meaning and reference, semantics, and propositional attitudes. Some of its greatest exponents, including Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell are amongst the major figures in the history of philosophy. In this clear and carefully structured introduction to the subject Gary Kemp explains the following key topics: the basic nature of philosophy of language and its historical development early arguments concerning the role of meaning, including cognitive meaning vs expressivism, context and compositionality Frege’s arguments concerning sense and reference; non-existent objects Russell and the theory of definite descriptions modern theories including Kripke and Putnam; arguments concerning necessity, analyticity and natural kind terms indexicality, context and modality. What are indexicals? Davidson’s theory of language and the ‘principle of charity’ propositional attitudes Quine’s naturalism and its consequences for philosophy of language. Chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary make this an indispensable introduction to those teaching philosophy of language and will be particularly useful for students coming to the subject for the first time.
Author : Mark Platts
Release : 2016-08-12
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Reference, Truth and Reality by : Mark Platts
Download or read book Reference, Truth and Reality written by Mark Platts. This book was released on 2016-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this collection discuss the central questions about the connections between language, reality and human understanding. The complex relations between accounts of meaning and facts about ordinary speakers’ understanding of their language are examined so as to illuminate the philosophical character of the connections between language and reality. The collection as a whole is a thematically unified treatment of some of the most central questions within contemporary philosophy of language.
Author : Nathan U. Salmon
Release : 1988
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis Propositions and Attitudes by : Nathan U. Salmon
Download or read book Propositions and Attitudes written by Nathan U. Salmon. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of readings investigates many different philosophical issues concerning the nature of propositions and the ways they have been regarded through the years. The book includes articles by Bertrand Russell, Gottlob Frege, Alonzo Church, David Kaplan, John Perry, Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, Mark Richard, Scott Soames, and Nathan Salmon.
