Philosophy of language

Originally published in English in 1978, this full-scale examination of the philosophy of metaphor from Aristotle to the present, brings together and discusses significant viewpoints on metaphor held by writers in various disciplines.

In this volume, international experts in negation provide a comprehensive overview of cross-linguistic and philosophical research in the field, as well as accounts of more recent results from experimental linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience.

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

The first book-length comparative study of Wittgenstein''s and Davidson''s philosophies, exploring their similarities and demonstrating their continuing relevance to modern debates.

In 1962 a mimeographed sheet of paper fell into my possession.

There has been a steady stream of articles written on the relations between conceptions of meaning and the interpretation of literature, but there remains a need for a book that both introduces and significantly contributes to an elucidation and understanding of the ways that voice and tone contribute to the determination of meaning.

For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos.

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.

This is the first collection of essays focused on the many-faceted work of Kendall L.

The moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch said that philosophy "e;is both the guide and mirror of the age"e;.

This book serves as a basis for the exploration of language in a more systematic way.

Kirk Ludwig develops a novel reductive account of plural discourse about collective action and shared intention.

The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity maps a central terrain of philosophy, and provides an authoritative guide to it.

Freedom and Responsibility in Context argues for a contextualist account of freedom and moral responsibility.

Purpose Moses Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed is pervaded by a p- manent tension regarding the possibility and extent of the knowledge of God by a created intellect, which lies at the roots of the 13th century controversy over Maimonides' writings.

In spring 1456, with the help of the faqih Yca Gidelli, Juan de Segovia accomplished a trilingual Qur'an (Castilian, Arabic and Latin) he regarded as fundamental to the conversion of the Muslims after the Ottoman conquest of Byzantium.

Aysha Hidayatullah presents the first comprehensive analysis of contemporary feminist interpretations of the Qur'an.

Making Sense of Messages, now in its second edition, retains the apprenticeship approach which facilitates effectively learning the complex content and skills of rhetorical theory and criticism.

The divide between liberal and postliberal theology is one of the most important and far-reaching methodological disputes in twentieth-century theology.

A fresh and fascinating look at the philosophies, politics, and intellectual legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most influential and controversial minds Occupying a pivotal position in postwar thought, Noam Chomsky is both the founder of modern linguistics and the world’s most prominent political dissident.

By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this textbook gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings and in both written and visual media.

Wittgenstein's thought is reflected in his reading and reception of other authors.

Andreas Stokke presents a comprehensive study of lying and insincere language use.

A fourteen centuries old consensus by Islamic religious authorities has upheld the belief that God has granted husbands the right to beat their wives.

This book offers a sustained, interdisciplinary examination of taste.

Connecting poetry and philosophy of language, Philip Mills bridges the continental and analytical divide by bringing together the writings of Nietzsche and Wittgenstein.

What is the difference between judging someone to be good and judging them to be kind?

Humans think of ourselves as acting according to reasons that we can typically articulate and acknowledge, though we may be reluctant to do so.

This book explores what new light philosophical approaches shed on a deeper understanding of (im)politeness.

In Modularity in Language, Etsuyo Yuasa investigates exceptions and idiosyncrasies in various complex clauses in Japanese and English within the framework of multi-modular approaches to grammar.

The present volume offers the first scholarly discussion of Günter Lüling’s (1928-2014) work.

This first book-length study of the work and life of L.

In recent years, questions about epistemic reasons, norms and goals have seen an upsurge of interest.

The phenomenon of substitution failure is a longstanding focus of discussion for philosophers of language.

The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of the formative scripture of Islam.

A revival of interest in morphology has occurred during recent years.

Examines John Locke''s claims about the nature and workings of language.

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.

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Dissecting the radical impact of Walter Benjamin on contemporary cultural, postcolonial and translation theory, this book investigates the translation and reception of Benjamin's most famous text about translation, The Task of the Translator, in English language debates around 'cultural translation'.