Philosophy of language

Internalism in philosophy of mind is the thesis that all conditions that constitute a person's current thoughts and sensations, with their characteristic contents, are internal to that person's skin and contemporaneous.

This book compares the historical development of ideas about language in two major traditions of linguistic scholarship from either end of Eurasia - the Graeco-Roman and the Sinitic - as well as their interaction in the modern era.

This book explores heterogeneity in the Indian academic setting.

The Rei(g)n of Rule is a study of rules and their role in language.

First published in 1992, this book evokes Pandora and Occam as metaphoric corner posts in an argument about language as discourse and in doing so, brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistic, semiological, and semiotic concerns.

The study of Islam's origins from a rigorous historical and social science perspective is still wanting.

Why is it that all interpretations are possible, and none is true?

Examines Quine''s views on meaning, reference and knowledge and addresses numerous problems in the interpretation of key texts.

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a central figure in the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider.

What might be the outcome for philosophy if its texts were subjected to the powerful techniques of rhetorical close-reading developed by current deconstructionist literary critics?

This book contains 14 articles by Teun Hoekstra (1953-1998) on core issues in syntactic theory.

Nonexistence is ubiquitous, yet mysterious.

Taking a unique approach which combines sociolinguistics with theoretical linguistics, this book presents a view of language and grammar as both a cognitive and socio-cultural phenomena.

One of the first things to strike the reader of Wittgenstein's writings is the unique power of his style.

Herman Cappelen investigates ways in which language (and other representational devices) can be defective, and how they can be improved.

Qur'anic Studies Today brings together specialists in the field of Islamic studies to provide a range of essays that reflect the depth and breadth of scholarship on the Qur'an.

The subject of this book is the first person in thought and language.

The renewed focus on the evidential base of linguistics in general, but particularly on syntax, is in to a large degree dependent on technological developments: computers, electronic storage and transmission.

This book compares the historical development of ideas about language in two major traditions of linguistic scholarship from either end of Eurasia - the Graeco-Roman and the Sinitic - as well as their interaction in the modern era.

The authors here promote the reintroduction of temporality into the description and analysis of spoken interaction.

First published in 1990, this book argues that any theory of language constructs its 'object' by separating 'relevant' from 'irrelevant' phenomena - excluding the latter.

This book addresses how our revisionary practices account for relations between texts and how they are read.

We are happy to present to the reader the first book of our Applied Logic Series.

This volume brings together the work of a group of Islamic studies scholars from across the globe.

Philosophers have been thinking about lying for several thousand years, yet this topic has only recently become a central area of academic interest for philosophers of language, epistemologists, ethicists, and political philosophers.

In the course of conversation, we exert implicit pressures on both ourselves and others.

Propositions are routinely invoked by philosophers, linguists, logicians, and other theorists engaged in the study of meaning, communication, and the mind.

This innovative book offers a systematic conceptual exploration of translation through the lens of time, challenging the traditional notion of translation as mere linguistic transfer and advancing a new research agenda within the philosophy of translation.

Striking out from a number of new headings and in a number of new directions each of the essays in this collection pushes at the borders of their topics, disciplines and ways of thinking, providing innovative and inventive insights into the work - and application - of Jacques Derrida on a diverse range of themes including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature, demonstrating that, today, despite repeated accusations over recent years that the work of Derrida has become passe, there is more vitality and spirit in engaging with the writings of Derrida than ever before.

Imperative clauses are recognized as one of the major clause types alongside those known as declarative and interrogative.

This volume brings together essays that explore the intersections between Nietzsche and Wittgenstein from various perspectives.

This volume of new essays explores the relationship between the thought of Wittgenstein and the key figures of phenomenology: Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre.

Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Qur'an whether juristic, theological, or otherwise.

Over fifteen years have passed since Cora Diamond and James Conant turned Wittgenstein scholarship upside down with the program of "e;resolute"e; reading, and ten years since this reading was crystallized in the major collection The New Wittgenstein.

This book celebrates the research career of Lynne Rudder Baker by presenting sixteen new and critical essays from admiring students, colleagues, interlocutors, and friends.

In the course of conversation, we exert implicit pressures on both ourselves and others.