Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy

AvJose Medina

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Inquiry into the nature and purpose of language has long been a central concern of Western philosophy, within both the analytic, Anglo-American tradition, and its Continental counterpart. Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy explains and explores the principal ideas, theories and debates in the philosophy of language, providing a clear and authoritative account of the discipline. The text covers the work on language of the major philosophers in both traditions, including Frege, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, Davidson, Heidegger, Gadamer, Derrida and Butler. The book equips readers with the requisite philosophical tools to get to grips with central concepts and key issues, and raises challenging questions students can then explore on their own. Coverage of each issue provides the reader with a full account of the state of the question and a thorough assessment of the arguments entailed in the available literature on that subject. Philosophy undergraduates will find this an invaluable aid to study, one that goes beyond simple definitions and summaries to really open up fascinating and important ideas and arguments.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-07-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:226
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441153524
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Key Concepts in Philosophy

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Jose Medina is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, USA.

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"This introduction to the philosophy of language in Continuum's key concepts series aims to provide a concise and accessible overview suitable for undergraduates without a prior background in the area. Over the course of six chapters the author sets out a broad conception of the subject by providing a wide-ranging survey covering not only philosophical works, but also theories from linguistics, psychology, and sociology."- Michael Fenton, Metapsychology Online Review

Innehållsförteckning

1. Communication and Speech Acts1.1 The communicative functions of language1.2 Communication and performance1.3 Knotty performances: locutionary contents, illocutionary forces and perlocutionary effects 2. Meaning, Sense and Interpretation2.1 Two traditions in Philosophy of Language2.2 From Frege to Donnellan: reference, names and descriptions2.3 Interpretation and translation: neo-empiricist and hermeneutic approaches to linguistic understanding 3. Indeterminacy and Language Learning: Communication as the Meeting of Minds3.1 Meaning scepticism3.2 Two philosophical models of language learning3.3 Enculturation and shared intentionality3.4 Conversation analysis 4. Linguistic Creativity and Relativism4.1 Linguistic creativity and the sociology of language4.2 Metaphor4.3 Linguistic relativism 5. Speakers, Linguistic Communities and Histories of Use5.1 Idiosyncrasies and conventions5.2 Communities, deconstruction and histories of use 6. Language and Identity6.1 Interpellation and censorship6.2 Tongues untied NotesReferencesFurther Suggested ReadingIndex