The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language

Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language

Editor(s): Michael Devitt, Richard Hanley

Published Online: 21 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631231417

Online ISBN: 9780470757031

DOI: 10.1002/9780470757031

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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field.

  • Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics
  • Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further readings
  • Topics addressed include the nature of meaning, speech acts and pragmatics, figurative language, and naturalistic theories of reference

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–X)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–16)

      Michael Devitt and Richard Hanley

  3. Part I: Foundational Issues

    1. Chapter 1

      Foundational Issues in the Philosophy of Language (pages 19–40)

      Martin Davies

  4. Part II: Meaning

    1. Chapter 2

      The Nature of Meaning (pages 43–57)

      Paul Horwich

    2. Chapter 3

      Truth and Reference as the Basis of Meaning (pages 58–76)

      James Higginbotham

    3. Chapter 4

      Language, Thought, and Meaning (pages 77–90)

      Brian Loar

    4. Chapter 5

      Meaning Scepticism (pages 91–113)

      Alexander Miller

    5. Chapter 6

      Analyticity Again (pages 114–130)

      Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore

    6. Chapter 7

      Formal Semantics (pages 131–146)

      Max Cresswell

    7. Chapter 8

      Speech Acts and Pragmatics (pages 147–167)

      Kent Bach

    8. Chapter 9

      Figurative Language (pages 168–185)

      Josef Stern

    9. Chapter 10

      Propositional Attitude Ascription (pages 186–211)

      Mark Richard

    10. Chapter 11

      Conditionals (pages 212–224)

      Frank Jackson

    11. Chapter 12

      Vagueness (pages 225–243)

      Stephen Schiffer

    12. Chapter 13

      The Semantics of Non-factualism, Non-cognitivism, and Quasi-realism (pages 244–252)

      Simon Blackburn

  5. Part III: Reference

    1. Chapter 14

      Names (pages 255–273)

      William G. Lycan

    2. Chapter 15

      General Terms and Mass Terms (pages 274–287)

      Stephen P. Schwartz

    3. Chapter 16

      Descriptions (pages 288–313)

      Peter Ludlow and Stephen Neale

    4. Chapter 17

      Using Indexicals (pages 314–334)

      John Perry

    5. Chapter 18

      Pronouns and Anaphora (pages 335–373)

      Stephen Neale

    6. Chapter 19

      Naturalistic Theories of Reference (pages 374–391)

      Karen Neander

    7. Chapter 20

      Truth (pages 392–410)

      Vann Mcgee

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      Bibliography (pages 411–440)

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      Index (pages 441–446)

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