Philosophy of language

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.

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

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

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.

First published in 1990, this dissertation presents an event-based model-theoretic semantics for plural expressions in English.

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.

This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language.

This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language.

First published in 1982, this book looks at a wide variety of issues concerning the vast field of study that is 'semiotics.

First published in 1982, this book looks at a wide variety of issues concerning the vast field of study that is 'semiotics.

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.

Semantics and semiology are two of the most important branches of linguistics and have proven to be fecund areas for research.

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.

Philosophical themes as diverse as language, value, mind and God are among the topics discussed in this set of 11 books, originally published between 1963 and 1991.

Originally published in 1990, this book centres on a certain way of surveying a variety of theories of language, and on outlining a new proposal of meaning within the framework set by the survey.

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.

Originally published in 1875, this book discusses thinking and language and traces the development of different pscyological approaches, assessing their theoretical significance and the experimental evidence behind them.

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

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

No other recent book in Anglophone philosophy has attracted as much criticism and has found so few friends as Saul Kripke's "e;Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language"e;.

No other recent book in Anglophone philosophy has attracted as much criticism and has found so few friends as Saul Kripke's "e;Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language"e;.

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.

John McDowell is one of the most widely read philosophers in recent years.

John McDowell is one of the most widely read philosophers in recent years.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period.

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period.

Discourse analysis is a wide ranging area of study that examines the features of language beyond the limits of a sentence - including vocal, written and sign language, along with any significant semiotic events.