{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-philosophy-of-language-paperback","title":"A Companion to the Philosophy of Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCrispin Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. As well as providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, each essay makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. As well as providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, each essay makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics covered include: rule following, modality, realism, indeterminacy of translation, inscrutability of reference, names and rigid destination, Davidson's programme, meaning and verification, intention and convention, radical interpretation, tacit knowledge, metaphor, causal theories of semantics, objects and criteria of identity, theories of truth, force and pragmatics, essentialism, demonstratives, reference and necessity, identity, meaning and privacy of language, vagueness and the sorites paradox, holisms, propositional attitudes, analyticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Hale\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. His philosophical interests lie mainly in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic and language, and he has written numerous articles in all of these areas. He is also author of \u003ci\u003eAbstract Objects\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1997). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrispin Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of St Andrews. He has published widely in the philosophy of mathematics, logic and language including \u003ci\u003eFrege's Conception of Numbers as Objects\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eTruth and Objectivity\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), and \u003ci\u003eRealism, Meaning, and Truth, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1993).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.56 x 9.99 x 6.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132653015175,"sku":"9780631213260","price":98.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3aa6a30c3f8b02e797893f91936c0794.webp?v=1732628194","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-philosophy-of-language-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}