基本説明
Ideal as a principal text for courses in the philosophy of language, the volume's analysis of trends and arguments in contemporary philosophy of language will engage novices as well as specialists.
Full Description
Meaning brings together some of the most significant philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, presenting canonical essays on core questions in the philosophy of language. This anthology includes classic articles by key figures such as Frege, Quine, Putnam, Kripke, and Davidson: and recent reactions to this work by philosophers including Mark Wilson, Scott Soames, James Higginbotham, and Frank Jackson. Topics discussed include analyticity: translational indeterminacy: theories of reference: meaning as use: the nature of linguistic competence: truth and meaning: and relations between semantics and metaphysics. An extensive introduction gives an overview and detailed critical evaluation of the seminal views and arguments represented in the anthology. Meaning is an ideal text for courses in philosophy of language and semantics.
Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Conceptions of Meaning (Mark Richard) 1. 'On Sense and Reference' (Gottlob Frege) 2. From Naming and Necessity (Saul Kripke) 3. 'Meaning and Reference' (Hilary Putnam) 4. 'Predicate Meets Property' (Mark Wilson) 5. From Meaning (Paul Horwich) 6. From 'Ontological Relativity' (W. V. O. Quine) 7. From 'The Indeterminancy of Translation and the Inscrutability of Reference' (Scott Soames) 8. 'Individuation, Causal Relations, and Quine' (Jody Azzouni) 9. 'Radical Interpretation' (Donald Davidson) 10. 'Semantics and Semantic Competence' (Scott Soames) 11. 'Truth and Understanding' (James Higginbotham) 12. From 'Indexicals and Demonstratives' (John Perry) 13. Two Dogmas of Empiricism (W.V.O. Quine) 14. Armchair Metaphysics. Mind, Method, & Conditionals (Frank Jackson). Index.
