Philosophy of language

A radically revised and updated account of Noam Chomsky''s thought and its revolutionary impact on linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics.

A radically revised and updated account of Noam Chomsky''s thought and its revolutionary impact on linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics.

This book shows that the conflicts that arise from everyday ways of thinking are not dilemmas as they appear to be.

This first comprehensive study of linguistic templatic constructions in morphology and syntax employs cutting-edge computational methods to study templates typologically.

This book shows that the conflicts that arise from everyday ways of thinking are not dilemmas as they appear to be.

This first comprehensive study of linguistic templatic constructions in morphology and syntax employs cutting-edge computational methods to study templates typologically.

This collection of new essays explores the implications of semantic externalism for self-knowledge and skepticism.

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

This collection of new essays explores the implications of semantic externalism for self-knowledge and skepticism.

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

This book provides a new philosophical fictionalism to solve traditional paradoxes and puzzles in the philosophy of language and metaphysics.

This book provides a new philosophical fictionalism to solve traditional paradoxes and puzzles in the philosophy of language and metaphysics.

This book explores the development of interpretations of Qur''ānic verses on gender roles in testimony, human creation and marriage.

This book explores the development of interpretations of Qur''ānic verses on gender roles in testimony, human creation and marriage.

Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.

Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

In this book, Robert Sokolowski argues that being a person means to be involved with truth.

Philosophical Papers will interest a very wide range of philosophers and students of the human sciences.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

Philosophical Papers will interest a very wide range of philosophers and students of the human sciences.

John Searle''s Speech Acts made a highly original contribution to work in the philosophy of language.

Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and must in some sense continue to do so.

Philosophical themes as diverse as language, value, mind and God are among the topics discussed in this book, originally published in 1963.

This book, originally published in 1989 discusses an issue central to all philosophical argument - the relation between persuasion and truth.

This book, originally published in 1963 provides a sample of the criticisms of philosophers on the course of linguistic philosophy.

The papers in this collection discuss the central questions about the connections between language, reality and human understanding.

First published in 1987, this book is an attempt to re-establish semiotic on the basis of principles consistent with its past history, rather than the 'cultural semiotics' of the European tradition, and especially with the guiding ideas of Peirce and Morris.

First published in 1987, this book is an attempt to re-establish semiotic on the basis of principles consistent with its past history, rather than the 'cultural semiotics' of the European tradition, and especially with the guiding ideas of Peirce and Morris.

It is generally accepted that language is primarily a means of communication.

This book, originally published in 1987, considers how the science of linguistics creates its own objects of study.

First published in 1997, this book focuses on the semantics of definite and indefinite descriptions - taking the presuppositional theory of definiteness and indefiniteness proposed by Heim as a starting point.

First published in 1997, this book focuses on the semantics of definite and indefinite descriptions - taking the presuppositional theory of definiteness and indefiniteness proposed by Heim as a starting point.

First published in 2000, this book is about sentences containing the word or, dealing primarily with sentences in which or conjoins clauses, but also some cases in which it conjoins expressions of other categories.

First published in 2000, this book is about sentences containing the word or, dealing primarily with sentences in which or conjoins clauses, but also some cases in which it conjoins expressions of other categories.

A Muslim Reformist in Communist Yugoslavia examines the Islamic modernist thought of Husein ozo, a prominent Balkan scholar.

A Muslim Reformist in Communist Yugoslavia examines the Islamic modernist thought of Husein ozo, a prominent Balkan scholar.

The problem of necessity remains one of the central issues in modern philosophy.

First published in 1983, this book represents an effort to lay the groundwork for a general approach to lexical semantics that pays heed to the needs of a theory of discourse interpretation, a theory of compositional semantics, and a theory of lexical rules.

First published in 1983, this book represents an effort to lay the groundwork for a general approach to lexical semantics that pays heed to the needs of a theory of discourse interpretation, a theory of compositional semantics, and a theory of lexical rules.

First published in 1992, this book represents the first major attempt to compile a bibliography of Derrida's work and scholarship about his work.

First published in 1992, this book represents the first major attempt to compile a bibliography of Derrida's work and scholarship about his work.

This book offers a comprehensive account of logic that addresses fundamental issues concerning the nature and foundations of the discipline.

This book offers a comprehensive account of logic that addresses fundamental issues concerning the nature and foundations of the discipline.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.