Philosophy of language

John Sturrock s classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey available of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as L vi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser theory.

Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine s Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language.

Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.

The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry the respective roles of derivation and representation.

Thoughts and Utterances is the first sustained investigation of two distinctions which are fundamental to all theories of utterance understanding: the semantics/pragmatics distinction and the distinction between what is explicitly communicated and what is implicitly communicated.

This book argues against the received view of propositional theory, according to which mental attitudes-such as believing, knowing, hoping, and wishing-are relations held between agents and propositions.

Focusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

Focusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

In recent years, the idea of a concept has become increasingly central to different areas of philosophy.

In recent years, the idea of a concept has become increasingly central to different areas of philosophy.

Published in 1998, this book argues that in recent decades, Anglo-American philosophy of language has been captivated by the idea that the key to progress in this area of philosophy lies in investigating the possibility of constructing a theory of meaning.

Published in 1998, this book argues that in recent decades, Anglo-American philosophy of language has been captivated by the idea that the key to progress in this area of philosophy lies in investigating the possibility of constructing a theory of meaning.

To understand play, we need a bottom-up phenomenology of play.

To understand play, we need a bottom-up phenomenology of play.

The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur'an commentary.

The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur'an commentary.

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

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

Originally published in 1992.

Originally published in 1992.

Originally published in 1992.

Originally published in 1992.

This book addresses the problem of self-knowledge in Kant's philosophy.

This book addresses the problem of self-knowledge in Kant's philosophy.

Bertrand Russell, G.

Bertrand Russell, G.

This is the first book to offer a philosophical engagement with microaggressions.

This is the first book to offer a philosophical engagement with microaggressions.

Qur'anic idiomaticity, in its all aspects, poses a great deal of challenge to Qur'an readers, learners, commentators, and translators.

Qur'anic idiomaticity, in its all aspects, poses a great deal of challenge to Qur'an readers, learners, commentators, and translators.

A Critical Introduction to Philosophy of Language is a historically oriented introduction to the central themes in philosophy of language.

A Critical Introduction to Philosophy of Language is a historically oriented introduction to the central themes in philosophy of language.

This book presents an interpretation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason as a priori psychologism.

There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on behavior.

There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on behavior.

This book presents an interpretation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason as a priori psychologism.

Poetics of the Earth is a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history.

Poetics of the Earth is a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history.

Sonic Encounters with Blanchot is the first book to explore the relationship of sound and music with the work of Maurice Blanchot.

Sonic Encounters with Blanchot is the first book to explore the relationship of sound and music with the work of Maurice Blanchot.

Is the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological?

Is the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological?

Snark - noun Also snarky (adj.

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'.