Philosophical Perspectives on Language

by Robert J. Stainton

Philosophical theorizing about language now involves an increasing emphasis on empirical work and a renewed convergence with philosophy of mind, formal semantics and logic. This new text reflects this evolution. Philosophical Perspectives on Languageis distinguished in several important respects from other introductions to the topic. Rather than looking at philosophy of language as a collection of (at best) loosely related topics--speech acts, demonstratives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551110865
• ISBN13: 9781551110868
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"