Philosophy of language

In this book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions.

Understanding Wittgenstein's Tractatus provides an accessible and yet novel discussion of all the major themes of the Tractatus.

Understanding Wittgenstein's Tractatus provides an accessible and yet novel discussion of all the major themes of the Tractatus.

Presenting a fascinating analysis of the idea of what can't be said, this book ascertains whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion.

Presenting a fascinating analysis of the idea of what can't be said, this book ascertains whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion.

Modernism can be characterised by the acute attention it gives to language, to its potential and its limitations.

Modernism can be characterised by the acute attention it gives to language, to its potential and its limitations.

Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

How is the Qur'an - central to all Muslim societies - to be understood today in order to meet the needs of these societies?

How is the Qur'an - central to all Muslim societies - to be understood today in order to meet the needs of these societies?

The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing 'laughter-talk' (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.

The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing 'laughter-talk' (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter.

Fifty years after Wittgenstein's death, his philosophy and the arguments it embodied remain vital and applicable.

Fifty years after Wittgenstein's death, his philosophy and the arguments it embodied remain vital and applicable.

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur'anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an.

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur'anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an.

There is much more to the Qur'an than the selective quotations favoured by Islamic fundamentalists.

There is much more to the Qur'an than the selective quotations favoured by Islamic fundamentalists.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

Investigating the question 'can theology, description of the divine reality, be made truly scientific?

Investigating the question 'can theology, description of the divine reality, be made truly scientific?

Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and yet misunderstood philosophers of the Twentieth Century.

Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and yet misunderstood philosophers of the Twentieth Century.

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur' n offers an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur' n as a text and as a vital component of Muslim life.

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur' n offers an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur' n as a text and as a vital component of Muslim life.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date English-language guide on hadith scholarship The source of much of our knowledge of the first two centuries of Islamic history, the hadith literature is made up of thousands of traditions collected during the formative years of Islam.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date English-language guide on hadith scholarship The source of much of our knowledge of the first two centuries of Islamic history, the hadith literature is made up of thousands of traditions collected during the formative years of Islam.

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur an and its place in historic and contemporary Muslim society.

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur an and its place in historic and contemporary Muslim society.

A comprehensive examination of the advantages and disadvantages of philosophical jargon, examining  its origins in early modern philosophy.

A comprehensive examination of the advantages and disadvantages of philosophical jargon, examining  its origins in early modern philosophy.

Provides a unique angle, by linking insights from theoretical advances in generative syntax to phenomena from language variation and change.

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive analysis of general extenders, a new linguistic category.

This Element serves as a guide to Wittgenstein''s notion of forms of life and the debates that it generated.

This Element serves as a guide to Wittgenstein''s notion of forms of life and the debates that it generated.

Provides a unique angle, by linking insights from theoretical advances in generative syntax to phenomena from language variation and change.

A study of the ways in which representations in physics can express the same content, despite apparent mathematical differences.

This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein''s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein''s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Pioneers an innovative framework for theorizing about meaning in natural language and the role of context in interpretation.

Argues that German classical philology personified antiquity and imagined scholarship as an inter-personal relationship with it.

With input from a team of scholars, this book brings together linguistics and philosophy, empowering new conversations in the process.

With input from a team of scholars, this book brings together linguistics and philosophy, empowering new conversations in the process.

Explains the multimodal connections of text, image, space, body, sound and speech, in both old and new computer-mediated communication systems.

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive and critical overview of theories of linguistic reference and meaning in the 20th century.

A subtle yet wide-ranging study confirming the importance of rhetoric in physicians'' rise to medical dominance and prestige.

A study of the interactions between the semantics, epistemology and metaphysics of the future.

Through the eyes of northern Nigerian Qur''anic students, this book explores what it truly means to be young, poor, and Muslim.