Philosophy of language

This book offers innovative investigations of the concept of life in art and in theory.

At the turn of the century, Gottlob Frege and Edmund Husserl both participated in the discussion concerning the foundations of logic and mathematics.

The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English KoranFor millions of Muslims, the Qur'an is sacred only in Arabic, the original Arabic in which it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century; to many Arab and non-Arab believers alike, the book literally defies translation.

This introduction brings to life the main themes in Indian philosophy of language by using an accessible translation of an Indian classical text to provide an entry into the world of Indian linguistic theories.

This unique collection of essays has two main purposes.

 This book critically examines three distinct interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein, those of George Lindbeck, David Tracy, and David Burrell, while paying special attention to the topic of interreligious disagreement.

Carefully considering the difference in the philosophical potential of page poetry and performance poetry, Karen Simecek argues that it is only by considering them side by side that the unique cognitive value of each can be realised.

This book presents 12 original essays on historical and contemporary philosophical discussions of judgment.

This forward-thinking collection presents new work that looks beyond the division between the analytic and continental philosophical traditions-one that has long caused dissension, mutual distrust, and institutional barriers to the development of common concerns and problems.

This book tells a great philosophical tale.

First published in 1983, the aim of this book is to diagnose linguists' failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps towards satisfying these requirements.

The work of Mark Sainsbury has made a significant and challenging contribution to several central areas of philosophy, especially philosophy of language and logic.

The volume honours Eva Picardi - her philosophical views and interests, as well as her teaching - collecting eighteen essays, some by former students of hers, some by colleagues with whom she discussed and interacted.

This volume attempts to solve a grave problem about critical self-reflection.

Metasemantics comprises new work on the philosophical foundations of linguistic semantics, by a diverse group of established and emerging experts in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the theory of content.

Wittgenstein's later writings generate a great deal of controversy and debate, as do the implications of his ideas for such topics as consciousness, knowledge, language and the arts.

Kantian and Hegelian conceptions of freedom guide this collection of essays that engage with the linguistic turn in continental philosophy to explore contemporary interpretations of freedom.

This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems.

This book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled.

The volume takes on the much-needed task of describing and explaining the nature of the relations and interactions between mind, language and action in defining mentality.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Rationale Argumentation" verfügbar.

As the foundation of our rationality, logic has traditionally been considered fixed, stable and constant.

The close connection between philosophy of language and philosophy of law has been recognized for decades through the work of many influential legal philosophers.

This book traces the concept of melancholy in Walter Benjamin's early writings.

Originally published in 1969.

A analysis of Herder''s views on language, reason, morality, race and religion, as factors that define the human species.

Thirteen essays in the book explore and investigate diverse contemporary philosophically current themes and issues.

What is Islamic Philosophy?

This book offers a new approach to the principles and functioning of rhetoric.

This book explores the relation between language and our senses and emotions, taking readers into domains as diverse as wine-tasting, marriage guidance counselling, medical training and face recognition.

In this bold new book, Jim Vernon develops the general theory of language implicitly contained in the writings of G.

This book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism ('No-Self Physicalism') can offer an internally coherent and comprehensive philosophical worldview.

Die Klage über die neoliberalen Zwänge, die unser Leben bis in die privatesten Bereiche zu einer Angelegenheit von Effizienz, Rendite und Wachstum machen, ist berechtigt und reicht doch nicht aus.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

Donald Davidson (1917-2003) was one of the most prominent philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century.

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 collection brings together perspectives on the interplay of communication, dialogue, and responsibility, exploring communicative acts of disruption toward a social environment attuned to short-sighted individualism.

Approaching the Qur'an presents brilliant translations of the short, hymnic chapters, or Suras, associated with the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad.

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

This is the first book to discuss the full sweep of the work of J.