Philosophy of language

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of contingent a priori truths.

When a word describing an emotion is said to be untranslatable, is that emotion untranslatable also?

Wittgenstein used the concept of language games to refer to all forms of linguistic expression in practical contexts and to the myriad ways in which signs are used in language.

First published in 1997, this book addresses the question: What is the interpretation of English there-existential construction?

This book focuses on the problems of rules, rule-following and normativity as discussed within the areas of analytic philosophy, linguistics, logic and legal theory.

Methods and Skills for Philosophy introduces students to methodologies, strategies, heuristics and formal tools which are typically employed in contemporary analytic philosophy.

The Nature of Normativity presents a complete theory about the nature of normative thought -- that is, the sort of thought that is concerned with what ought to be the case, or what we ought to do or think.

For centuries, philosophers have been puzzled by the fact that people often respect moral obligations as a matter of principle, setting aside considerations of self-interest.

Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building.

Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time.

Claiming to know is more than making a report about one's epistemic position: one also offers one's assurance to others.

Offering a radical reassessment of 1930s British literature, this volume questions the temporal limits of the literary decade, and broadens the scope of queer literary studies to consider literary-historical responses to a variety of behaviours encompassed by the term 'queer' in its many senses.

This volume addresses philosophical questions raised by the possibility of alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence.

Animals regularly populate philosophical texts as a foil to illustrate what it means to be human.

A theory of language structure based on the assumption that language is a network and all of knowledge is learned.

This book presents and discusses the varying and seminal role which colour plays in the development of Wittgenstein's philosophy.

This volume brings together distinguished scholars from all over the world to present an authoritative, thorough, and yet accessible state-of-the-art survey of current issues in pragmatics.

Wu's book provides an innovative perspective on, and recommendations for, the major aspects of second language (L2) teaching from a Hegelian anthro-philosophical perspective.

Imogen Dickie develops an account of aboutness-fixing for thoughts about ordinary objects, and of reference-fixing for the singular terms we use to express them.

Uncovering an aspect of Gottlob Frege's linguistic theorizing that has until now received little attention, this volume offers the first detailed exposition of Frege's pragmatics.

Original papers by leading international authors address the most important problem in the philosophy of language, the question of how to assess the prospects of developing a tenable theory of meaning, given the influential sceptical attacks mounted against the concept of meaning by Willard Van Quine and Saul Kripke and their adherents in particular.

In 1143 Robert of Ketton produced the first Latin translation of the Qur'an.

In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics.

This book provides an original perspective on the debate about anti-representationalism and the nature of philosophy.

Logik ist nach dem traditionellen Verständnis eine ars iudicandi, eine Kunst, die Gültigkeit von Schlüssen zu prüfen.

Elementary set theory accustoms the students to mathematical abstraction, includes the standard constructions of relations, functions, and orderings, and leads to a discussion of the various orders of infinity.

This volume explores the relationship between the Qur'an and the Jewish and Christian traditions, considering aspects of continuity and reform.

Noam Chomsky has made major contributions to three fields: political history and analysis, linguistics, and the philosophies of mind, language, and human nature.

A Critical Introduction to Philosophy of Language is a historically oriented introduction to the central themes in philosophy of language.

A critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language.

Inferentialism is a philosophical approach premised on the claim that an item of language (or thought) acquires meaning (or content) in virtue of being embedded in an intricate set of social practices normatively governed by inferential rules.

One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.

Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential twentieth-century philosophers in the western tradition.

How complex is sex?

This book draws on an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the impact of codes of ethics as prescribed in translator organizations, proposing alternative ethical pathways grounded in self-care ethics to enhance translators' symbolic recognition and ethical agency.

Presenting some modern views on the problem of the nature of mind and its relationship to the brain, this book, published in 1965, brings together contributors from various disciplines which are affected by this issue.

"Siehe, Ein Volk ist es und Eine Sprache haben Alle, und das ist der Anfang ihres Tuns, und nun möchte ihnen nichts unzugänglich sein, von allem was sie gesonnen sind zu tun.

This volume focuses on the role language plays at all levels of the argumentation process.

Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguitics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English.