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1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Fundamentals of philosophy
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Fundamentals of philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-343) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
Starting with Gottlob Frege's foundational theories of sense and reference, Miller provides a useful introduction to the formal logic used in all subsequent philosophy of language. He communicates a sense of active philosophical debate by confronting the views of the early theorists concerned with building systematic theories - such as Frege, Bertrand Russell, and the logical positivists - with the attacks mounted by sceptics - such as W.O. Quine, Saul Kripke, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. This leads to important excursions into related areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science that present the more recent attempts to save the notions of sense and meaning by philosophers such as Paul Grice, John Searle, Jerry Fodor, Colin McGinn, and Crispin Wright. Miller then returns to the systematic program by examining the formal theories of Donald Davidson, concluding with a chapter surveying the relevance of philosophy of language to the broader metaphysical debates between realists and anti-realists. Miller's clear, engaged, and coherently structured approach makes Philosophy of Language an ideal text for undergraduate courses. The guides to further reading provided in each chapter help the reader pursue interesting topics further and facilitate using the book in conjunction with primary sources. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy. |
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Linguistics -- Philosophy.
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Linguistics -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Alexander, 1965- Philosophy of language. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1998 (DLC) 97900743 |
| ISBN |
077351709X |
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9780773517097 |
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9780773567061 |
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0773567062 |
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9780773517080 |
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0773517081 (cloth) |
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077351709X (paperback) |
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9780773517097 (paperback) |
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