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This book is essential for serious students of philosophy and those interested in deepening their understanding of language from a philosophical perspective, particularly within the analytic tradition.
In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott
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In this book, one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field—its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made towards creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundational concepts—such as truth, reference, and meaning—that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole.
The first part of the book describes how philosophers from Frege, Russell, Tarski, and Carnap to Kripke, Kaplan, and Montague developed precise techniques for understanding the languages of logic and mathematics, and how these techniques have been refined and extended to the study of natural human languages.
The book then builds on this account, exploring new thinking about propositions, possibility, and the relationship between meaning, assertion, and other aspects of language use. An invaluable overview of the philosophy of language by one of its most important practitioners, Philosophy of Language by Scott Soames will be essential reading for all serious students of philosophy.
Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
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Philosophy of Language
In this book, one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field—its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made towards creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundational concepts—such as truth, reference, and meaning—that...Paperback$5599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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Choice praises the book for covering numerous controversies in a non-technical way accessible to instructors. Kirk Ludwig, writing in Philosophia, calls it a valuable, though advanced, overview mapping the trajectory of analytic philosophy of language and highlights its broad and insightful coverage.
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ISBN: 9780691155975
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 September 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 4 line illus.
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 255g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Scott Soames is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. His many books include "What Is Meaning?", "Philosophical Essays", "Reference and Description", and "Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century" (all Princeton).
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