48 products for "Language books"

Language Without Rights (Paperback)

This volume contains 17 specially written essays by eminent philosophers and linguists, all with the central theme of logical form - a fundamental issue in analytic philosophy and linguistic theory. The book

This volume puts leading pragmatists in the philosophy of language, including Robert Brandom, in contact with scholars concerned with what pragmatism has come to mean for the law. Each contribution uses the

This study aims to expose the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work,his attack on G. E. Moore's philosophy,

This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspectives, investigating the relationship between emotions, persuasion and meaning, and focusing on the implicit dimension of

Logic has acquired a reputation for difficulty, perhaps because many of the approaches adopted have been more suitable for mathematicians than computer scientists. This book shows that the subject is not inherently

Logic has acquired a reputation for difficulty, perhaps because many of the approaches adopted have been more suitable for mathematicians than computer scientists. This book shows that the subject is not inherently

Michael Dummett is a leading contemporary philosopher whose work on the logic and metaphysics of language has had a lasting influence on how these subjects are conceived and discussed. This volume contains

Language Without Rights (Hardcover New)

Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff.

In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophical intelligence to bear on Wittgensteina s analysis of the notion of following a rule.

This work argues that Wittgenstein's views are often more simple (and more radical) than previously thought. Drawing on research on the unpublished Wittgenstein papers, it investigates what motivated Wittgenstein's philosophical writing and

Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophy And Language (Paperback)

Wittgenstein And The Limits Of Language (Paperback)

Logic And Language - Indian Philosophy Hardcover

Analyzes nonrational thought processes underlying grammar; Indian philosophy, modern poetry, etc.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) was an English philosopher and author. Originally published in 1914, this book presents the edited text of the sequel to Cooper's major work, Characteristics.

Thomas Sattig develops a comprehensive framework for doing philosophy of time, and offers an original three-dimensionalist picture of the material world. He brings together a variety of different perspectives, linking our ordinary

After Herder: Philosophy Of Language In The German Tradition

Language Thought And Falsehood In Ancient Greek Philosophy (Hardcover)