John Searle's Philosophy of Language: Force, Meaning, and Mind

ISBN-13: 9780521685344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 308 str.

Savas L Tsohatzidis

Opis

Original essays on key aspects of Searle's philosophy of language, prefaced by John Searle himself.

Spis treści

Introduction Savas L. Tsohatzidis; 1. What is language: some preliminary remarks John R. Searle; Part I. From Mind to Meaning: 2. Content, mode, and self-reference François Recanati; 3. Searle against the world: how can experiences find their objects? Kent Bach; 4. Seeing what is there Robin Jeshion; 5. Intentionalism, descriptivism, and proper names Wayne A. Davis; 6. On the alleged priority of thought over language Christopher Gauker; 7. Rule scepticism: Searle's criticism of Kripke's Wittgenstein Martin Kusch; Part II. From Meaning to Force: 8. How to say things with words Kepa Korta and John Perry; 9. Semantics without the distinction between sense and force Stephen J. Barker; 10. Dynamic discourse semantics for embedded speech acts Nicholas Asher; 11. Yes-no questions and the myth of content invariance Savas L. Tsohatzidis; 12. How do speech acts express psychological states? Mitchell Green.