04553nam 2200613Ia 450 991081458340332120200520144314.097814522494521452249458(CKB)2560000000089859(EBL)997096(OCoLC)809773965(SSID)ssj0000705255(PQKBManifestationID)12285895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000705255(PQKBWorkID)10622522(PQKB)11225636(MiAaPQ)EBC997096(EXLCZ)99256000000008985919970124d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroduction to linguistic philosophy /I.E. Mackenzie1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publicationsc19971 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781322419060 132241906X 9780761901747 0761901744 Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Scope of This Book; Some Important Terms; The Structure of the Book; Acknowledgments; Part I - Foundational Issues; Chapter 1 - Meaning and the Nature of Language; 1.1. What is Meaning?; 1.2. Does the Structure of Language Reflect the Structure of the World?; 1.3. Summary; Chapter 2 - The Semantic Conception of Truth; 2.1. No Absolute Truth; 2.2. The Semantic Conception of Truth; 2.3. Summary; Chapter 3 - Logical Truth and Analyticity; 3.1. Unconditional and Contingent Truths; 3.2. Logical Truth; 3.3. Analyticity; 3.4. Summary; Part I: Further ReadingPart II - NamingChapter 4 - Names, Sense, and Nominatum; 4.1. The Name Relation; 4.2. The Paradox of the Name Relation; 4.3. Solution to the Paradox of the Name Relation; 4.4. Summary; Chapter 5 - The Causal Theory of Names; 5.1. Ordinary Proper Names; 5.2. Modal Sentences; 5.3. Epistemic Sentences; 5.4. Names of Natural Kinds; 5.5. Summary; Part II: Further Reading; Part III - Definite Descriptions; Chapter 6 - Description and Analysis; 6.1. Russell's Theory of Descriptions; 6.2. The Acquisition of the Referential Function; 6.3. Three Additional Puzzles Solved by Russell; 6.4. Scope6.5. Wittgenstein6.6. Summary; Chapter 7 - Descriptions as Names; 7.1. The Fregean Theory; 7.2. Referential Descriptions; 7.3. Summary; Part III - Further Reading; Part IV - Nonextensional Contexts; Chapter 8 - Modality; 8.1. What is Logical Modality?; 8.2. Interchangeability and Existential Generalization; 8.3. Necessity as a Semantic Predicate; 8.4. Kripke: Essentialism; 8.5. Frege-Kaplan: The Middle Way; 8.6. The Method of Extension and Intension; 8.7. Summary; Chapter 9 - Propositional Attitudes; 9.1. What are Propositional Attitudes?; 9.2. Interchangeability and Quantifying In9.3. Quine9.4. Kaplan: Cognitive Fixes; 9.5. Individuating Attitude Objects; 9.6. Summary; Part IV - Further Reading; Part V - Generality; Chapter 10 - Indefinite Noun Phrases, Fregean Quantifiers, and Class Theory; 10.1. Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.2. Scope Ambiguities Concerning Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.3. Logical Analysis of Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.4. Numerically Definite Quantifiers; 10.5. Expanding the Theory; 10.6. Summary; Part V - Further Reading; References; Index; About the AuthorProviding an account of major philosophical issues, this essential textbook bridges the gap between linguistics and the philosophy of language. Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy presents the theories of leading linguistic analysts such as Wittgenstein, Frege, Russell, Carnap and Quine. Ian Mackenzie's exploration into these theories prepares readers for advanced work on most topics in semantics and the study of language. His approach to the philosophy of language stresses the importance of observing how language is used rather than assuming that it conforms to a pre-eLinguistic philosophyLanguage and languagesPhilosophyLanguage and logicLanguage and languagesPhilosophy.Language and logic.410/.1Mackenzie I. E1617184MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814583403321Introduction to linguistic philosophy4197196UNINA