Mitchell Green’s The Philosophy of Language is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate philosophy of language courses. Featuring a lucid and engaging writing style, it provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the field. Designed for ready use with primary sources, it offers numerous pointers to work from classic and contemporary philosophers, including Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Davidson, Quine, Grice, and others. The book also highlights contemporary research, including non-ideal philosophy of language–such as work on slurs and communicative injustice–and the relation of language to aesthetic questions through such topics as fictional discourse, metaphor, and irony. Each chapter is enhanced by study questions and suggestions for further reading. An appendix and a glossary facilitate quick retrieval of many of the high-level concepts.
Editorial Reviews
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“The Philosophy of Language provides a fuller introduction to the field and one that promises to engage students more than other available textbooks. I like the shift in the direction of pragmatics. The book is approachable and engaging and would work well in my undergraduate philosophy of language course.”–Michael O’Rourke, Michigan State University
“I can see myself using this book. A striking strength is the breadth of content the author covers. His writing is clear, engaging, and written at the appropriate level.”–Peter van Elswyk, Rutgers University
“This is a clear and serious overview of many of the central issues in philosophy of language.”–Jacob Berger, Idaho State University
Book Description
A compact, current, and engaging overview of the field
About the Author
Mitchell S. Green is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of several books, including Self-Expression (OUP, 2008), and the coeditor, with John N. Williams, of Moore’s Paradox: New Essays on Belief, Rationality, and the First Person (OUP, 2007).
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