Philosophy of language

This book is the first edited collection of papers on the work of one of the most seminal and profound contemporary philosophers.

This book is the first edited collection of papers on the work of one of the most seminal and profound contemporary philosophers.

In the course of conversation, we exert implicit pressures on both ourselves and others.

In the course of conversation, we exert implicit pressures on both ourselves and others.

David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

This book explores the story of the Israelites' worship of the Golden Calf in its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim contexts, from ancient Israel to the emergence of Islam.

This book explores the story of the Israelites' worship of the Golden Calf in its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim contexts, from ancient Israel to the emergence of Islam.

What kind of knowledge could be obtainable just by thinking?

What kind of knowledge could be obtainable just by thinking?

Linguistic pragmatism claims that what we literally say goes characteristically beyond what the linguistic properties themselves mandate.

Linguistic pragmatism claims that what we literally say goes characteristically beyond what the linguistic properties themselves mandate.

John Kulvicki offers an account of the many ways in which pictures can be meaningful which is inspired by the philosophy of language.

John Kulvicki offers an account of the many ways in which pictures can be meaningful which is inspired by the philosophy of language.

This volume brings together new research on fiction from the fields of philosophy and linguistics.

This book develops a theory of enriched meanings for natural language interpretation that uses the concept of monads and related ideas from category theory, a branch of mathematics that has been influential in theoretical computer science and elsewhere.

How is it that words come to stand for the things they stand for?

How is it that words come to stand for the things they stand for?

Nonexistence is ubiquitous, yet mysterious.

This volume brings together the latest research from leading scholars on the mental lexicon - the representation of language in the mind/brain at the level of individual words and meaningful sub-word units.

This volume brings together the latest research from leading scholars on the mental lexicon - the representation of language in the mind/brain at the level of individual words and meaningful sub-word units.

This volume explores the question of why languages - even those spoken in the same geographical area by people who share similar social structures, occupations, and religious beliefs - differ in the meanings expressed by their grammatical systems.

Crispin Wright is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential analytic philosophers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Sooner or later, our words take on meanings other than we intended.

Donald Davidson was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Donald Davidson was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century.

Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century.

Mark Richard presents an original picture of meaning according to which a word's meaning is analogous to the biological lineages we call species.

Mark Richard presents an original picture of meaning according to which a word's meaning is analogous to the biological lineages we call species.

What do we express when we use the first-person pronoun 'I' in phrases such as 'I think' or 'I ought to'?

What do we express when we use the first-person pronoun 'I' in phrases such as 'I think' or 'I ought to'?

The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry starts from a simple fact: our written language does not represent the way we speak.

The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry starts from a simple fact: our written language does not represent the way we speak.

Philosophy of language has been at the center of philosophical research at least since the start of the 20th century.

Linguistic Turns rewrites the intellectual and cultural history of early twentieth-century Europe.

Luciano Floridi presents an innovative approach to philosophy, conceived as conceptual design.

Luciano Floridi presents an innovative approach to philosophy, conceived as conceptual design.

Superficially, Wittgenstein and Heidegger seem worlds apart: they worked in different philosophical traditions, seemed mostly ignorant of one another's work, and Wittgenstein's terse aphorisms in plain language could not be farther stylistically from Heidegger's difficult prose.

Superficially, Wittgenstein and Heidegger seem worlds apart: they worked in different philosophical traditions, seemed mostly ignorant of one another's work, and Wittgenstein's terse aphorisms in plain language could not be farther stylistically from Heidegger's difficult prose.

Semantics for Reasons is a book about what we mean when we talk about reasons.

Semantics for Reasons is a book about what we mean when we talk about reasons.

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.

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.

We all know that speech can be harmful.

We all know that speech can be harmful.

In Wittgenstein on Logic as the Method of Philosophy, Oskari Kuusela examines Wittgenstein's early and late philosophies of logic, situating their philosophical significance in early and middle analytic philosophy with particular reference to Frege, Russell, Carnap, and Strawson.

In Wittgenstein on Logic as the Method of Philosophy, Oskari Kuusela examines Wittgenstein's early and late philosophies of logic, situating their philosophical significance in early and middle analytic philosophy with particular reference to Frege, Russell, Carnap, and Strawson.

The study of meaning in language embraces a diverse range of problems and methods.

By taking a distinctively institutional approach, Catharine Abell provides a unified solution to a wide range of philosophical problems raised by fiction.