Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Language

Manuel García-Carpintero is Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.Max Kölbel is ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Unlike many anthologies, this is not a mere collection of seminal works in the recent history of the field, but rather a collection of contemporary essays written with the professed purpose of introducing students and scholars to the field. Each of the original essays provides both a critical history of the fundamental concepts central to the philosophy of language and a pointed analysis of the issues involved from the contributor's own point of view. The result is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in either the history of the discipline or the state of the contemporary debate.

• List of Contributors Preface 1. Editorial Introduction: the History of the Philosophy of Language Manuel García-Carpintero 2. On the Nature of Language: A Basic Exposition James Higginbotham 3. Formal Semantics Josh Dever4. Theories of Meaning and Truth Conditions Kathrin Glüer 5. Reference Genoveva Martí 6. Intensional Contexts Michael Nelson 7. Context Dependence Kent Bach 8. Pragmatics François Recanati9. Semantic Normativity and Naturalism José L. Zalabardo 10. Analyticity, Apriority, Modality Albert Casullo 11. New Directions in the Philosophy of Language Max Kölbel A-Z of Key TermsSelected Bibliography Index