philosophy of language by lycan

1、Page iPHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE “This exceptional text fulfills two essential criteria of a good introductory textbook in the philosophy of language: it covers a broad range of topics well, all of which are the basis of c

2、urrent active research, and does so in an accurate manner accessible to undergraduate students.” Mike Harnish, University of Arizona “I liked the book very much and think it will make an excellent textbook for teachin

3、g. The examples throughout are delightful and students will love them.” Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington The philosophy of language has been much in vogue throughout the twentieth century, but only since

4、 the 1960s have the issues begun to appear in high resolution. This book is an introduction to those issues and to a variety of linguistic mechanisms. Part I explores several theories of how proper names, descriptions

5、, and other terms bear a referential relation to nonlinguistic things. It is argued that there is a puzzle, nearly a paradox, regarding the reference of proper names. Part II surveys seven theories of meaning more gen

6、erally: the Ideational Theory, the Proposition Theory, a Wittgensteinian “Use’’ Theory, the Verification Theory, and two versions of the Truth-Condition Theory and shows their advantages and disadvantages. Part III co

7、ncerns linguistic pragmatics and Part IV examines four linguistic theories of metaphor. William G. Lycan is a leading philosopher of language and mind. He is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of North

8、 Carolina. His published works include over 100 articles as well as six books, among them Logical Form in Natural Language (1984), Consciousness (1987), Judgement and Justification (1988), Modality and Meaning (1994),

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