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Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2020
323 kr
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In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content …
New Thinking about Propositions
Av Jeff Speaks, Scott Soames m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
495 kr
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Philosophy (especially philosophy of language and philosophy of mind), science (especially linguistics and cognitive science), and common sense all sometimes make reference to propositions--understood as the things we believe and say, and the things which are (primarily) true or false. There is, …
New Thinking about Propositions
Av Jeff Speaks, Scott Soames m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
495 kr
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Philosophy (especially philosophy of language and philosophy of mind), science (especially linguistics and cognitive science), and common sense all sometimes make reference to propositions--understood as the things we believe and say, and the things which are (primarily) true or false. There is, …
Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law
Av Scott Soames, Andrei Marmor
E-bok, 2011
540 kr
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This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the …
Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law
Av Scott Soames, Andrei Marmor
E-bok, 2013
439 kr
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This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the …
Understanding Truth
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 1999
821 kr
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Scott Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in our ordinary thought, as well as in our logical, philosophical, and scientific theories. The main questions investigated include "Why do we need a truth predicate at all?", "What theoretical tasks does it allow us to …
Understanding Truth
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 1999
960 kr
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In this book, Scott Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in our ordinary thought, as well as in our logical, philosophical, and scientific theories. The main questions investigated include "Why do we need a truth predicate at all?", "What theoretical tasks does it allow us …
Beyond Rigidity
The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2002
1903 kr
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In this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of …
Beyond Rigidity
The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2003
813 kr
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In this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of …
Understanding Truth
Av Scott Soames
E-bok, 1998
424 kr
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In this book, Scott Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in our ordinary thought, as well as in our logical, philosophical, and scientific theories. Part I addresses crucial background issues, including the identification of the bearers of truth, the basis for distinguishing …
Beyond Rigidity
The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
Av Scott Soames
E-bok, 2002
453 kr
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In this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of …
New Thinking about Propositions
Av Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
563 kr
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Philosophy (especially philosophy of language and philosophy of mind), science (especially linguistics and cognitive science), and common sense all sometimes make reference to propositions--understood as the things we believe and say, and the things which are (primarily) true or false. There is, …
Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law
Av Andrei Marmor, Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2011
2122 kr
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This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the …
Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law
Av Andrei Marmor, Scott Soames
Häftad, 2013
652 kr
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This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the …
New Thinking about Propositions
Av Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1376 kr
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Philosophy (especially philosophy of language and philosophy of mind), science (especially linguistics and cognitive science), and common sense all sometimes make reference to propositions--understood as the things we believe and say, and the things which are (primarily) true or false. There is, …
Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English
Av Scott Soames, David M. Perlmutter
Häftad, 1979
359 kr
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Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English (SASE) presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled …
Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English
Av David M. Perlmutter, Scott Soames
E-bok, 1979
663 kr
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Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English (SASE) presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled …
Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1
The Dawn of Analysis
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2005
477 kr
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This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is …
Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2
The Age of Meaning
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2005
477 kr
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This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is …
Reference and Description
The Case against Two-Dimensionalism
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2007
417 kr
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In this book, Scott Soames defends the revolution in philosophy led by Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and David Kaplan against attack from those wishing to revive descriptivism in the philosophy of language, internalism in the philosophy of mind, and conceptualism in the foundations of modality. …
Philosophical Essays, Volume 1
Natural Language: What It Means and How We Use It
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2008
641 kr
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The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning nearly three decades of thinking about linguistic meaning and the philosophical significance of …
Philosophical Essays, Volume 2
The Philosophical Significance of Language
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2009
641 kr
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The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning nearly three decades of thinking about linguistic meaning and the philosophical significance of …
Philosophy of Language
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2010
447 kr
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In this book, one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field - its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a …
Philosophy of Language
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2012
271 kr
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A masterful overview of the philosophy of language from one of its most important thinkersIn this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field—its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future …
What Is Meaning?
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2012
280 kr
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The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information …
Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 1
The Founding Giants
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2014
665 kr
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This is the first of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of …
Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 2
A New Vision
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2017
690 kr
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An in-depth history of the linguistic turn in analytic philosophy, from a leading philosopher of language This is the second of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading …
Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 3
The Struggle for Modality
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2025
562 kr
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An in-depth history of modal logic in analytic philosophy, from a leading philosopher of languageThis is the third of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of …
Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning
Av Scott Soames
Inbunden, 2015
434 kr
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In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content …
Analytic Philosophy in America
And Other Historical and Contemporary Essays
Av Scott Soames
Häftad, 2017
340 kr
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In this collection of recent and unpublished essays, leading analytic philosopher Scott Soames traces milestones in his field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the …