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Philosophy of Language: The Central Topics
Author(s): Gary Seay (Editor), Susana Nuccetelli
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
- Publication Date: 28 Dec. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 432 pages
- ISBN-10: 0742559769
- ISBN-13: 9780742559769
Book Description
This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays by philosophers such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Grice, Davidson, Strawson, Austin, and Putnam, as well as more recent contributions by scholars including John McDowell, Stephen Neale, Ruth Millikan, Stephen Schiffer, Paul Horwich, and Anthony Brueckner, among others, who are on the leading edge of innovation in this increasingly influential area of philosophy. The result is a lively mix of readings, together with the editors discussions of the material, which provides a rigorous introduction to the subject.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This collection would make an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the philosophy of language. Its particular choice of readings is very good and not available in any other collection; its conceptualization of the subject and focus is extremely well suited for its intended audience, and the editors” introductions are substantive and helpful. — Stephen Schiffer, New York University
About the Author
Michael Dummett (1925-2011) was Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, UK. One of the most highly regarded British Philosophers of the post-war era, his work has been an important influence in the fields of logic, metaphysics, the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of language.
Michael Dummett was Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, UK.
