Book description
Philosophy of Language
is an accessible yet detailed introduction to the major issues and
thinkers in the subject.
Thematically structured, Philosophy of Language
introduces the work of leading thinkers who
have contributed to the discipline, including Frege, Russell, Strawson,
Grice and Quine and also examines key distinctions that arise, such as
sense and reference, sense and force, descriptions and names, semantics
and pragmatics, extensional, intensional, and hyperintensional contexts,
and the problems which these distinctions involve. Cogent and thorough
analysis throughout is supplemented by student-friendly features,
including chapter summaries, questions for discussion, guides to further
reading, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography.
Closely reflecting the way the philosophy of language is taught and
studied, the structue and content of this introduction is ideal for use
on undergraduate courses and of value for postgraduate students. Chris
Daly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. He
is also
the author of Introduction to Philosophical Methods
(Broadview Press, 2010).
