Philosophy of Language: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 1441141162
- ISBN-13
- 9781441141163
- Series
- Philosophy of Language
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-03-14
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Chris Daly
Description
Philosophy of Language provides students with an accessible yet detailed introduction to the major issues and thinkers in the subject. Ideal for use on undergraduate courses, but also of value for postgraduate students, the structure and content of this textbook closely reflect the way the philosophy of language is taught and studied. Thematically structured, the book introduces the work of leading thinkers who have contributed to the discipline, including Frege, Russell, Strawson, Grice, Quine, Davidson and Lewis. The author examines key distinctions in the philosophy of language, including sense and reference, sense and force, descriptions and names, semantics and pragmatics, extensional, intensional, and hyperintensional contexts, and the problems which these distinctions involve. Chris Daly's cogent and thorough analysis is supplemented by student-friendly features, including chapter summaries, questions for discussion, guides to further reading, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography.
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