Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments

ISBN-13: 9781032023861 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 288 str.

Michael P. Wolf

Opis

This book offers fifty short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature.

Spis treści

Part I: Big picture questions  Part II: Early Analytic Philosophy and Pragmatism  Part III: Wittgenstein on Rule-Following and Private Language  Part IV: Semantic Paradoxes  Part V: Context-Sensitivity  Part VI: Speech Acts and Pragmatics  Part VII: Lingering Issues About Meaning  Part VIII: Naturalism and Externalism