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The University of Chicago Press The Force of Truth
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely intervention into the current debates on post-truth and Foucault’s significance for them. Lorenzini argues, again compellingly, that we need to steer clear of the false dilemma of either conceding that truth is only an effect of power, or strenuously defend the value of absolute truth against fake news and alternative facts. Foucault’s rejection of the Truth—truth understood as timeless and absolute—does not amount to a rejection of truth altogether. Rather, Foucault’s history of truth should be understood precisely as an attempt to criticize the claim that such an understanding of truth is necessary to stop our critical theories and practices from dissolving into relativism." -- Johanna Oksala * Critical Inquiry *"Lorenzini has established himself as the most brilliant interpreter of the work of Michel Foucault in his generation. Yet, even beyond this distinction, he has learned, as few people have, to use Foucault's work and perspective to approach topics that Foucault himself never discussed. Moreover, in his extraordinary genealogy of truth, presented in this book, Lorenzini brings together Foucault's writings with those of J. L. Austin and Stanley Cavell, among others, to give us a remarkable new way to think about some of the central issues concerning the idea of truth. Anyone who believes that analytic philosophy and continental philosophy cannot speak to one another can read this book as a superb example of how these two traditions of philosophy can mutually contribute, when read together, to the understanding of fundamental philosophical problems. If Lorenzini is the future of philosophy, philosophy is in excellent hands." -- Arnold I. Davidson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem"In this urgent study, Lorenzini offers a powerful corrective to stubborn criticism of Foucault as a postmodern architect of the post-truth age. With stunning command of Foucault’s corpus, Lorenzini reconstructs Foucault’s history of truth as a political epistemology for our troubled times. This extraordinary book reshapes how we should understand—and resist—lying, disinformation, and other forms of political untruth." -- Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Syracuse University"This groundbreaking book refutes the dominant view of Foucault as a relativist and elevates the debate about his notion of truth to a new philosophical level. With exceptional clarity, Lorenzini develops an ethics and politics of truth-telling that is essential reading for everyone who seeks to take responsibility for their claims about the truth—in both theory and practice.” -- Martin Hägglund, Yale University“In this brilliant and provocative book, Lorenzini upends the conventional way that critics read Foucault as a precursor to our post-truth society. Through a meticulous reading of the Collège de France lectures, Lorenzini masterfully shows how Foucault’s lifelong passion for truth and truth-telling culminates in a powerful theory of truth as a political and ethical practice. A veritable tour de force.” -- Bernard E. Harcourt, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Writing the History of Truth A History of Truth That Does Not Rely on “the Truth” Toward an Ethics and Politics of Truth-Telling The Force of Words and the Force of Truth 1. Truth-Event “A Little History of Truth in General” The Emergence of the Alethurgic Subject Confessional Sciences 2. Regimes of Truth Truth Obligations? Games and Regimes of Truth A Critical (An)archaeology Language Games and Games of Truth The Value of Truth Regimes of Truth and Spirituality 3. Truth as Force Cavell, Austin, and the PerlocutionaryParrhesia as Speech Act Unpredictability, Freedom, and Criticism Risk and Courage Transparency, or Parrhesia and Rhetoric 4. Dramatics of Truth Alethurgy Sincerity, Authenticity, Confession Putting the Truth to the Test of Life 5. Critique and Possibilizing Genealogy Beyond the Vindicatory-Subversive Dichotomy Foucault, Habermas, and the Question of Normativity The Genealogy of Critique Genealogy and We-Making Conclusion: Rethinking Critique Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Symbols that Stand for Themselves
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Columbia University Press The Present Personal
Book SynopsisWhile philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Philosophy and the Personal 1. Language and the Bell Jar A Picture Held Us Captive Language's Frame The Fact of the Propositional "This Is How Things Are" The Bell Jar 2. The Limits of Language and the Dream of Transcendence Philosophy and Disappointment Language: The Map Language and Silence: The Example of Abraham The Limits of Language and the Question of Freedom Before the Law of Language From Disappointment to Philosophy 3. Austin's Fireworks Austin's Fireworks: The Promise of the Pragmatic Turn How to Do Things with Austin The Act of Speech The Pragmatic and the Personal The Mirror at Hand: Afterthoughts 4. Personal Objects Heidegger (Before) and (After) Austin Heidegger's Pragmatic Interpretation of the Ordinary The Prison of the Ordinary The Aesthetic Elision of the Personal Van Gogh's Shoes Sabina's Hat 5. Language Unframed: Beauty as Model It's Funny Aesthetic Judgment The Language of Taste The Phenomenality of Your Words 6. Personal Time The Time Is Past Time and the Language of Possibility Time Prefaced Perhaps Present In My End Is My Beginning Epilogue Notes Index
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Columbia University Press Soul and Form
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Judith Butler 1. On the Nature and Form of the Essay: A Letter to Leo Popper 2. Platonism, Poetry and Form: Rudolf Kassner 3. The Foundering of Form Against Life: Soren Kierkegaard and Regine Olsen 4. On the Romantic Philosophy of Life: Novalis 5. The Bourgeois Way of Life and Art for Art's Sake: Theodor Storm 6. The New Solitude and Its Poetry: Stefan George 7. Longing and Form: Charles-Louis Philippe 8. The Moment and Form: Richard Beer-Hofmann 9. Richness, Chaos, and Form: A Dialogue Concerning Lawrence Sterne 10. The Metaphysics of Tragedy: Paul Ernst Sources and References On Poverty of Spirit: A Conversation and a Letter Afterword: The Legacy of Form Katie Terezakis Notes Index
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Columbia University Press I Speak Therefore I Am
Book SynopsisWe understand our thoughts and ourselves through language, but what is the nature of language?Trade ReviewCombining wide learning, sharp insight, and deft style, these enlightening and intriguing vignettes carry us through the ages to reach considerable understanding of the distinctive linguistic capacity that sets humans apart from the rest of the natural world. -- Noam Chomsky, author of What Kind of Creatures Are We? There is much to find appealing in this pocket-size, readable historical panorama of important thinkers who have pondered the nature of language from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Nobody has drawn out the historical links in the story of language science in this way, and most nonspecialists would learn much from Moro's quite original observations. -- Robert C. Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology I Speak, Therefore I Am explores the intriguing connections between linguistics on the one hand and the sciences and philosophy on the other. The book is abundant with entertaining anecdotes of intellectual history that shed light on these connections. Moro plays the role of wise guide, and leads the reader through a remarkable journey. -- Robert Frank, Yale University The author manages the considerable feat of making insightful remarks about a wide variety of figures in a very short space. Library JournalTable of ContentsPreface: Choice, Then Order, Then Chance, Finally Only Light 1. God 2. Plato 3. Aristotle 4. Marcus Terentius Varro 5. Roger Bacon 6. Descartes 7. Antoine Arnauld and Claude Lancelot 8. Sir William Jones 9. Hermann Osthoff and E. Karl Brugmann 10. Ferdinand de Saussure 11. Bertrand Russell 12. Martin Joos 13. Roman Jakobson 14. Joseph Greenberg 15. Eric H. Lenneberg 16. Niels Jerne 17. Noam Chomsky Finale Postscript Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography
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Columbia University Press I Speak Therefore I Am
Book SynopsisWe understand our thoughts and ourselves through language, but what is the nature of language?Trade ReviewCombining wide learning, sharp insight, and deft style, these enlightening and intriguing vignettes carry us through the ages to reach considerable understanding of the distinctive linguistic capacity that sets humans apart from the rest of the natural world. -- Noam Chomsky, author of What Kind of Creatures Are We? There is much to find appealing in this pocket-size, readable historical panorama of important thinkers who have pondered the nature of language from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Nobody has drawn out the historical links in the story of language science in this way, and most nonspecialists would learn much from Moro's quite original observations. -- Robert C. Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology I Speak, Therefore I Am explores the intriguing connections between linguistics on the one hand and the sciences and philosophy on the other. The book is abundant with entertaining anecdotes of intellectual history that shed light on these connections. Moro plays the role of wise guide, and leads the reader through a remarkable journey. -- Robert Frank, Yale University The author manages the considerable feat of making insightful remarks about a wide variety of figures in a very short space. Library JournalTable of ContentsPreface: Choice, Then Order, Then Chance, Finally Only Light 1. God 2. Plato 3. Aristotle 4. Marcus Terentius Varro 5. Roger Bacon 6. Descartes 7. Antoine Arnauld and Claude Lancelot 8. Sir William Jones 9. Hermann Osthoff and E. Karl Brugmann 10. Ferdinand de Saussure 11. Bertrand Russell 12. Martin Joos 13. Roman Jakobson 14. Joseph Greenberg 15. Eric H. Lenneberg 16. Niels Jerne 17. Noam Chomsky Finale Postscript Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography
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Indiana University Press Words and Silences
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Indiana University Press Words and Silences
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Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame Du Lac Linguistics and Philosophy An Essay on the Philosophical Constants of Language
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Yale University Press Decoding Chomsky
Book SynopsisA fresh and fascinating look at the philosophies, politics, and intellectual legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential and controversial minds Occupying a pivotal position in postwar thought, Noam Chomsky is both the founder of modern linguistics and the world's most prominent political dissident. Chris Knight adopts an anthropologist's perspective on the twin output of this intellectual giant, acclaimed as much for his denunciations of US foreign policy as for his theories about language and mind. Knight explores the social and institutional context of Chomsky's thinking, showing how the tension between military funding and his role as linchpin of the political left pressured him to establish a disconnect between science on the one hand and politics on the other, deepening a split between mind and body characteristic of Western philosophy since the Enlightenment. Provocative, fearless, and engaging, this remarkable study explains the enigma of one of the greatest intelTrade Review"Decoding Chomsky . . . may be the most in-depth meditation on 'the Chomsky problem' ever published. . . . A compelling read."—Tom Bartlett, Chronicle Review -- Tom Bartlett * Chronicle Review *"I can say that this is the best critique of Chomsky from the left that I have ever read. I disagree with Knight quite profoundly on a number of key issues, but in every chapter I learned something new and, in fact, found myself agreeing with him more and more as the book progressed."—Frederick Newmeyer, author of The Politics of Linguistics -- Frederick Newmeyer"Chris Knight has done the intellectual world a favour by exploring, with a critical and comprehending eye, the twists and turns of the thought of Noam Chomsky, surely one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Anyone who wants to understand the political and intellectual development of ideas that have dramatically altered modern science and political activism should read this book. We already have a plethora of hagiographies of Chomsky. This more critical examination of the two domains of Chomsky's thought and sources of his fame is unusual in its insight and in its frankness in "telling it like it is". Reading this book, I now better understand Chomsky's fame in terms of the zeitgeist which he rode so well to the zenith of the intellectual world. I strongly recommend Decoding Chomsky to anyone interested in the intellectual history of the last seventy years."—Daniel L. Everett, author of Language: The Cultural Tool -- Daniel Everett"This is Chomsky from a new perspective, the perspective of a social anthropologist. It connects his science with his politics in a novel and convincing way. Knight has dug deeper and made more interconnections than anyone has done before. The result is truly revelatory."—Michael Tomasello, author of A Natural History of Human Thinking -- Michael Tomasello"This is one of the most exciting scholarly books I have read in years. Decoding Chomsky will be required reading for anyone at all interested in the history of intellectual and political thought since the 1950s."—David Golumbia, author of The Cultural Logic of Computation -- David Golumbia"Extraordinary . . . will make uncomfortable reading for some because, while Knight celebrates Chomsky’s anti-racist and anti-imperialist politics, he reminds us of the other Chomsky . . . working in one of the Pentagon’s most prestigious laboratories."—Jackie Walker, Labour Briefing -- Jackie Walker * Labour Briefing *"Trenchant and compelling."—Marek Kohn, New Scientist -- Marek Kohn * New Scientist *"Few disagree that language has been a game-changer for the human species. But just how we came by language remains hotly contested. In Decoding Chomsky, Chris Knight strides into this minefield to bravely replace miraculous leaps and teleology with a proposal that actually makes evolutionary sense."—Sarah Hrdy, author of Mother Nature and Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding -- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy"Social anthropologist Chris Knight has, almost miraculously, solved the Chomsky Problem. I’ve been trying to solve it for 20 years; I now feel the euphoria that one of us has solved it. Decoding Chomsky is an astonishingly well-written and researched volume that will probably be the most important work in the history of ideas, post World War II, that you’ll read for quite some time. It’s so lucid and well-researched and intellectually and emotionally gripping I couldn’t find a fault with it, though I tried."—Michael Johnson, Overweening Generalist -- Michael Johnson"Decoding Chomsky is a groundbreaking analysis of the wide chasm that now exists between modern language science and Chomsky’s view of language. A must-read for anyone trying to understand the history and trajectory of Chomsky’s ideas."—Gary Lupyan, University of Wisconsin -- Guy Lupyan"This book provides a fascinating account of the disconnect and symmetry between Chomsky’s value-free science and his science-free politics. Knight roots this in the tension between Chomsky ‘s detestation of the US military and his dependence on military funding for his linguistic research."—Les Levidow, editor, Science as Culture -- Les Levidow
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Violence of the Letter
Book SynopsisBy investigating an array of cultural artifacts, ranging from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to the Oracle at Delphi to Luther’s challenge to the Church, this book demonstrates how the apparently benign emergence of writing made possible far-ranging systems of organised domination and unprecedented levels of violence.Trade ReviewThe Violence of the Letter is exceptionally well written, and the style is original and enjoyable. It engages insightfully with domination, offers a reframing of the Oedipus complex, returns on the separation of soul and body, dissects the violence of alphabetization, and observes the interaction of writing, colonialism, and capitalism: a must read." - Lorenzo Veracini, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne"This book is a provocative, innovative, and engaging work . . . will prove an important and novel contribution to ‘theory’ in general and to ‘theory of writing’ in particular." - Ron Scapp, College of Mount Saint Vincent"McMahon activates a range of scholarship from neuroscience, literary theories, and cultural histories.The Violence of the Letter explores diverse sets of relations which about how the alphabet works as a particular kind of phenomena for writing. Its significance is a theory of literacy about the governing of social life in Western modernities." - Thomas S. Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTable of Contents Prelude Introduction Chapter 1. A Brief Technical Detour Chapter 2. The Trauma of Literacy Chapter 3. The Alphabet and Reproduction Chapter 4. Plato and the Forms of Alphabetic Writing Chapter 5. The Alphabet and Money Interlude Chapter 6. Letters of Fire and Blood Chapter 7. The Subject Is Always Alphabetized Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Wittgenstein Justice On the Significance of
Book SynopsisArgues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary conception of language, and hence a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.
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University of California Press Handbook of ProtoTibetoBurman System and
Book SynopsisPresents research on the history of the Tibeto-Burman (TB) language family, a typologically diverse group of over 250 languages spoken in Southern China, the Himalayas, NE India, and peninsular Southeast Asia.
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University of California Press Race and the Brazilian Body
Book SynopsisBased on spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, the author shows how racial ideas permeate the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents across race and class lines.Trade Review"By highlighting new challenges and forms of resistance to racist ideologies, Roth-Gordon makes an outstanding contribution to a global dialogue on race that illustrates the hegemonic forces at play that maintain racial inequalities." * American Ethnologist *"Although decades of ink have already been spilled on the still contentious issue of racism in Brazil (and Latin America more broadly), Roth- Gordon’s book points to fruitful areas for future research." * Anthropological Quarterly *" A must-read for scholars studying race and politics in Brazil." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Roth-Gordon offers important in-sights in fewer than two hundred pages of clearly articulated text. . .the book is a rare pedagogical gem." * General Anthropology *"A remarkably accessible book that will be of great interest to scholars of race in Latin America who wish to incorporate an attention to language and practice to theirown work. The book’ s clear explanations of how the research was organized and executed likewise make it an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates and graduate students." * Journal of Latin American Studies *"[Roth-Gordon] presents [her findings] in an accessible narrative that would provide compelling reading for an undergraduate course on race or Brazil and might help us all better understand why famously 'cordial' Brazilians recently elected an uncordially racist president." * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. BRAZIL'S "COMFORTABLE RACIAL CONTRADICTION" 2. "GOOD" APPEARANCES: RACE, LANGUAGE, AND CITIZENSHIP 3. INVESTING IN WHITENESS: MIDDLE-CLASS PRACTICES OF LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINE 4. FEARS OF RACIAL CONTACT: CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND THE STRUGGLE OVER URBAN SPACE 5. AVOIDING BLACKNESS: THE FLIP SIDE OF BOA APARENCIA 6. MAKING THE MANO: THE UNCOMFORTABLE VISIBILITY OF BLACKNESS IN POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS BRAZILIAN HIP-HOP CONCLUSION: "SEEING" RACE NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
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University of California Press The Hum of the World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Summing Up: Recommended." * CHOICE *An Alex Ross "Bookshelf" recommendation * The Rest is Noise *"The Hum of the World is a more-than-intriguing read and definitely one that will get you thinking about the role of sound within a cosmic context. . . . Recommended." * Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians *Table of ContentsPrelude Sound and Knowledge The Audiable: An Introduction Some Leitmotifs The Standard of Vision A Philosophy of Listening? Constructive Description Sight, Sound, and Language The Sound of Words Seeing, Saying, and Hearing The Audiable: Variations on a Theme Music in the Air “No Sound without Music” Language and the Human Lord Bacon’s Echoes Ripple Effects: Distant Voices The Infinite Broadcast Immanence Reading Transfigured: St. Augustine To the Life: The Image Moving Pictures Modern Times: The Cartoon The Sound of Meaning Music and the Audiable: A Suite in Three Movements Plato’s Singing School Musical Synesthesia The Music of Language The Soundscape Song Noise and Silence Fish, Flesh, or Fowl Sensory Hybrids “Waiting to Be the Music” Circle Songs Forty-Part Motets The Ether Elemental Media Elemental Fluids Writing the Soundscape Haunting Melodies The Lifelike: The Undead Beyond Words? 1 The Audiable and the Audible Into Silence Enchantments of the Name The Inaudible On Saying “I am” The Shriek Metal Here Comes That Song Again The Mirror of Silence Rhythmic Hearing Media All the Way Down The Auditory Window Cacophony: Dispossession (Beckett) Euphony: Repossession (Beckett) Worldly Dissonance Sounds of Battle: The Civil War Sounds of Battle: World War I Ulysses in Auschwitz Intermezzo Sounding Bodies Pandemonium? Songs of Entropy By Hand Past and Present Consciousness Acknowledgments Index
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University of California Press Substance and Structure of Language
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University of California Press Music and the Forms of Life
Book SynopsisInventors in the age of the Enlightenment created lifelike androids capable of playing music on real instruments. Music and the Forms of Lifeexamines the link between such simulated life and music, which began in the era's scientific literature and extended into a series of famous musical works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Music invented auditory metaphors for the scientific elements of life (drive, pulse, sensibility, irritability, even metabolism), investigated the affinities and antagonisms between life and mechanism, and explored questions of whether and how mechanisms can come to life. The resulting changes in the conceptions of both life and music had wide cultural resonance at the time, and those concepts continued to evolve long after. A critical part of that evolution was a nineteenth-century shift in focus from moving androids to the projection of life in motion, culminating in the invention of cinema. Weaving together cultural and musical practices, Lawrence Kramer trTable of ContentsContents List of Musical Examples and Figures Introduction: Music and the Life of Statues 1 • From Clockwork to Pulsation I: Intensity and Drive 2 • From Clockwork to Pulsation II: Action and Feeling 3 • From Clockwork to Pulsation III: Metabolism 4 • 1812 Overtures: Wellington’s Victory and Live Action 5 • “Dear Listener” . . . : Music and the Invention of Subjectivity 6 • Waltzing Specters: Life, Perception, and Ravel’s “La Valse” 7 • The Musical Biome Epilogue: Sound and the Forms of Life Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reading Habermas
Book SynopsisIn the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality.Trade Review"is to be highly recommended as a basic critical commentary for both specialist and non-specialist alike." Philosophical Studies "A valuable resource not only in providing an interest perspective on Habermas's work but in offering a guide to much of the relevant literature on it." Philosophical Quarterly . "A clear, cogent, sympathetic-critical discussion of issues." James L Marsh, Fordham University .Table of ContentsAcknowledgements1. The Dilemmas of Modernity2. The Strategy of the Theory of Communicative Action3. The Problems in the Theory of Communicative Action4. Discourse Ethics5. Communication and the Law6. Reading Habermas: Modernity versus Post-Modernity Jurgen Habermas: A Bibliography by Rene GortzenIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Language Acquisition
Book SynopsisAn introduction to language acquisition, designed to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in linguistics and cognitive science. It is written from the perspective of theoretical linguistics, and uses Chomskyan generative grammar as a framework.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Linguistics and Language Acquisition. 1.1.Knowledge of Language: Competence and Performance. 1.2. Types of Linguistic Knowledge. 1.3. The Projection Problem. 1.4. Universal Grammar. 1.5. Outline. Notes. Further Reading. 2. Phonological Acquisition. 2.1. Speech Sounds. 2.1.1. How Sounds are Made. 2.1.2. Features. 2.2. Phonetics, Phonology and Language Variation. 2.3. Categorical Perception in Adults and Infants. 2.4. Early Speech Sounds. 2.5. Feature Acquisition. 2.6. Child Phonologies. 2.6.1. Segmental Rules. 2.6.2. Suprasegmentals. 2.7. Problems and Ideas. 2.8. Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Further Reading. Questions and Exercises. 3. Morphological Development and Innovation. 3.1. Types of Morphological Rules. 3.2. A Morphological Model. 3.3. Children's Knowledge of Level Ordering. 3.4. Rule Use and Innovation. 3.5. Problems and Unknowns. 3.6. A Cross-Linguistic Perspective. 3.7. Summary and Conclusions. Questions and Exercises. 4. The Acquisition of Syntax. 4.1. Syntactic Structures and Universal Grammar. 4.1.1. Basic Syntax. 4.1.2. Levels of Representation. 4.1.3. Universal Grammar: Principles and Parameters. 4.1.4. Modules of Government Binding Theory. 4.1.5. Government Binding Theory and the Acquisition of Syntax. 4.2. The Outer Course of Development. 4.3. Early Syntax. 4.3.1. Early Phrase Structure. 4.3.2. Subjectless Sentences. 4.4. Syntax in Pre-School Years. 4.4.1. Children's Knowledge Of the Binding Theory. 4.4.2. Bounding Theory and the Development of Movement. 4.4.3. Children's Grammar of Control. 4.4.4. Summary. 4.5. Syntactic Development after Age Six. 4.6. Syntactic Development: Some Popular Ideas Reconsidered. 4.6.1. 'Semantics First'. 4.6.2. 'Syntax is Late'. 4.7. Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Further Reading. Questions and Exercises. 5. Further Aspects of Syntactic and Semantic Development. 5.1. The Auxiliary System of English. 5.1.1. Auxiliary Verbs and Morphological Endings. 5.1.2. Negation and "Do" Support'. 5.1.3. A Syntactic Analysis. 5.2. The Acquisition of Auxiliary Systems: Syntax. 5.3. The Acquisition of Negation. 5.4. An Aside on Developmental Orders and Individual Development. 5.5. The Acquisition of Modality, Tense and Aspect. 5.5.1. Modality. 5.5.2. Tense and Aspect. 5.6. The Development of Word Meanings. 5.6.1. Word Meanings. 5.6.2. The Semantic Feature Hypothesis. 5.6.3. Challenges to the Semantic Feature Hypothesis. 5.7. Quantification and Logical Form. 5.8. Summary and Conclusions. Note. Further Reading. Questions and Exercises. 6. Cognition, Environment and Language Learning. 6.1. Innateness. 6.2. Input and Errors. 6.3. The Role of Universal Grammar in Language Development. 6.4. Learnability and Acquisition Principles. 6.4.1. Subjacency and Degree-n Learnability. 6.4.2. The Subset Principle. 6.5. Summary: Components of a Learning Model. 6.6. Some Questions and Problems in Acquisition Theory. 6.6.1. Markedness and Orders of Acquisition. 6.6.2. Continuity or Maturation?. 6.6.3. Parameter Setting vs. Hypothesis Testing. 6.7. The Limits of the Linguistic Model: Lexical Learning. 6.8. Motherese. 6.9. Language Development and Cognitive Development. 6.9.1. Specificity and the Logic of Learning. 6.9.2. Constructivism and Developmental Orders. 6.10. Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Further Reading. Questions and Exercises. 7. Performance Development. 7.1. Estimating Competence. 7.2. Adult Processing Mechanisms. 7.2.1. A Model. 7.2.2. Grammar vs. General Knowledge and Strategies. 7.2.3. Words-to-Message Processing. 7.3. Children's Sentence Processing. 7.3.1. On-line Computation of Syntactic Structure. 7.3.2. Strategies and Children's Comprehension. 7.3.3. Resolution Strategies. 7.4. Discourse Integration. 7.5. Summary and Conclusions. Notes. Further Reading. Questions and Exercises. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Search for the Perfect Language
Book SynopsisThe idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia.Trade Review"This is as much a history of the study of language and its origins as it is a tour de force pursuit using scholarly detection and cultural interpretation, thus providing a series of original perspectives on two thousand years of European history." The Medieval ReviewTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Introduction. 1. From Adam to Confusio Linguarum. . Genesis 2, 10, 11. Before and After Europe. Side-effects. A Semiotic Model for Natural Language. 2. The Kabbalistic Pansemioticism. . The Reading of the Torah. Cosmic Permutability and the Kabbala of Names. The Mother Tongue. 3. The Perfect Language of Dante. Latin and the Vernacular. Language and Lingusitic Behavior. The First Gift to Adam. Dante and Universal Grammar. The Illustrious Vernacular. Dante and Abulafia. 4. The Ars Magna of Raymond Lull. . The Elements of the Ars Combinatoria. . The Alphabet and the Four Figures. The Arbor Scientarium. The Concordia Universalis of Nicholas of Cusa. 5. The Monogenetic Hypothesis and the Mother Tongues. . The Return to Hebrew. Postel's Universalistic Utopia. The Etymological Furor. Conventionalism, Epicureanism and Polygenesis. The Pre-Hebraic Language. The Nationalistic Hypotheses. Philosophers against Monogeneticism. A Dream that refused to Die. New Prospects for the Monogenetic Hypothesis. 6. Kabbalism and Lullism in Modern Culture. Magic Names and Kabbalistic Hebrew. Kabbalism and Lullism in the Steganographies. Lullian Kabbalism. Bruno: Ars Combinatoria and Infinite Worlds. Infinite Songs and Locutions. 7. The Perfect Language of Images. Horapollo's Hieroglyphica. The Egyptian Alphabet. Kircher's Egyptology. Kircher's Chinese. The Kircherian Ideology. Later Critics. The Egyptian vs. the Chinese Way. Images for Aliens. 8. Magic Language. Hypotheses. Dee's Magic Language. Perfection and Secrecy. 9. Polygraphies. Kircher's Polygraphy. Beck and Becher. First Attempts at a Content Organizations. 10. A Priori Philosophical Languages. . Bacon. Comenius. Descarted and Mersenne. The English Debate on Character and Traits. Primitives and Organization Content. 11. George Dalgarno. 12. John Wilkins. . The Tables and the Grammar. The Real Characters. The Dictionary: Synonyms, Periphrases, Metaphors. An Open Classification?. The Limits of Classification. The Hypertext of Wilkins. 13. Francis Lodwick. . 14. From Liebniz to the Encyclopédie. Characteristica and Calculus. The Problem of the Primitives. The Encyclopedia and the Aphabet of Thought. Blind Thought. The I Ching and the Binary Calculus. Side-effects. The 'Library' of Liebnitz and the Encyclopédie. 15. Philosophic Language from the Enlightenment to Today. . Eighteenth-century Projects. The Last Flowering of Philosophic Languages. Space Languages. Artificial Intelligence. Some Ghosts of the Perfect Language. 16. The Internatonal Auxiliary Languages. The Mixed Systems. The Babel of A Posteriori Languages. Esperanto. An Optimized Grammar. Theoretical Objections and Counter-objections. The 'Political' Possibilitites of an IAL. Limits and Effability of an IAL. Conclusion. Translation. The Gift to Adam. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reflections on Chomsky
Book SynopsisA collection of philosophical essays in honour of Noam Chomsky's 60th birthday, designed to reflect the breadth of Chomsky's philosophical and linguistic thought. Among topics discussed are the nature of semantic theory, the modular organization of the mind and logical form.Table of ContentsWhy should the mind be modular?, Jerry A. Fodor; meaning and the mental - the problem of semantics after Chomsky, Norbert Hornstein; logical form and linguistic theory, Jaako Hintikka; types and tokens in linguistics, Sylvian Bromberger; how not to become so confused about linguistics, Alexander George; when is a grammar psychologically real?, Christopher Peacocke; tacit knowledge and subdoxastic states, Martin Davies; knowledge of reference, James Higginbotham; wherein is language social?, Tyler Burge; language and communication, Michael Dummett; model theory and the "Factuality of Semantics", Hilary Putnam; Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations and the central project of theoretical linguistics, Crispin Wright.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Chomskyan Turn
Book SynopsisNoam Chomskya s work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This book, which contains two new papers by Chomsky, assesses that a Chomskyan Turna in linguistics and the cognitive sciences.Table of ContentsPart I. Linguistics and Adjacent Fields: A Personal View: Noam Chomsky Linguistics and Cognitive Science: Problems and Mysteries: Noam Chomsky Part II. Why Phonology is Different: Sylvain Bromberger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) and Morris Halle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Redefining the Goals and Methodology of Linguistics: Victoria A. Fromkin (University of California) Grammar, Meaning and Indeterminacy: Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland) Pragmatics and Chomsky's Research Programme: Asa Kasher (Tel-Aviv University) 'Cartesian' Linguistics? Justin Leiber (University of Houston) Psychological Reality of Grammars: Robert J. Matthews (Rutgers) Rules and Principles in the Development of Generative Syntax: Frederick J. Newmeyer (University of Washington) Rules and Representation: Chomsky and Representational Realism: Zenon Pylyshyn (University of Western Ontario) On the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus: Ken Wexler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Part III. On the Status of Referential Indices: Luigi Rizzi (University of Geneva) Concepts of Logical Form in Linguistics and Philosophy: Shalom Lappin (Tel-Aviv University) Syntax, Semantics and Logical Form: Robert May (University of California) Non-Quantificational LF: Tanya Reinhart (Tel-Aviv University) LF and the Structure of the Grammar: Comments: Susan D. Rothstein (Bar-Ilan University)
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cognitive Practices Human Language and Human
Book SynopsisHow does human language contribute to the cognitive edge humans have over other species? Incorporating research results in psychology, the author develops an original account of language acquisition which holds important implications for standard theories of language and the philosophical foundations of cognitive science.Trade Review"Rita Nolan successfully criticizes ideas -among them, Fodor's 'language of thought' model and Chomsky's 'innateness hypothesis' -that have dominated cognitive psychology and linguistics for decades. But this is much more than a critical book, valuable as good philosophical criticism always is; with a remarkable combination of philosophical imagination and breadth of knowledge, she illuminates the entire area of philosophy and psychology of language. The social practice account of language that she proposes sheds light on a host of topics (including the philosophy of the earlier and the later Wittgenstein), and it leads her to suggest a novel but highly plausible reconceptualization of the development of logical and linguistic skills in the child that will fascinate psychologists as well as philosophers." Hilary Putnam, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Part I: Language and Cognitive Dynamics:. 1. The Question. 2. Language Realism. 3. Cognitive Dynamics. 4. Society and Language. 5. Desiderata for a Theory of Language. 6. The Standard Theory. 7. Foci for Revision. Part II: The Code Metaphor for Languages:. 8. The Semantic Content of the Code Metaphor. 9. Referential Semantics: Breaking the Code?. 10. The New Code Theory. 11. Mature Competency and Language Learning. Part III: Language Entry:. 12. Linguistic Constructionalism. 13. The Fallacy of Linguistic Supervenience. 14. Semantic Theory and Language Learning. 15. Reconceptualizing Language Acquisition. 16. How Long Does it Take?. 17. Superordination. 18. The Cognitive Import of Superordination. 19. The Categorical Structure of Discourse. 20. Conclusion. Part IV: Society in Mind:. 21. The Superordination Hypothesis. 22. Unavailable Routes to Language Entry. 23. Two Questions. 24. Interpreting Early Speech. 25. Early Syntax. 26. But What Is Predication?. Part V: From Response to Assertion:. 27. Is There a Transition from Response to Assertion. 28. Subjects and Predicates. 29. Formal Approaches to Predication. 30. Sensation, Perception, Conception and Judgement. 31. Categories of Perception, Categories of Conception. 32. The Generality Constraint. 33. Developmental Data. 34. From Perceptual Categories to Conceptual Categories. 35. The Emergence of Predication. 36. Some Consequences of "Thick" Superordination. Part VI: Discursive Practices:. 37. Mutant Predicates. 38. Conceptual Structures. 39. Towards a Topology of Concepts. 40. Conceptual Structures. 41. Meaning as Analogical. 42. Discourse Genres. 43. Non-Gricean Pragmatists. 44. Socially Contingent Phenomena. 45. The Attitudes as Socially Contingent. 46. Substructural Indeterminacy. References. Index.
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Wiley Contemporary Philosophy of Thought
Book SynopsisThis text introduces students to the central arguments that motivate contemporary work in the philosophy of thought and language, and offers a continuous engagement with the core epistemological, metaphysical and methodological issues that have shaped and been shaped by work in the field.Trade Review"Luntley writes clearly...and defends his philosophical claims with arguments. The breadth and depth of his scholarship are impressive. This book should be in the library of any school where philosophy is studied." H. Pospesel, Choice "...lucid and engaging style...ability to cover well-trodden ground in a fresh and informative way...Luntley is to be commended for the scope of his project. He pursues the neo-Fregean methodology wherever it leads and many of the topics it leads him to are dealt with extremely well. Luntley is able to condense often difficult and complex material, making it accessible even to fairly novice readers, and providing new insights and outlooks which will be of benefit to all those with an interest in the...philosphy of mind and language." Emma Borg, Mind, Vol. 109, No. 436, October 2000Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Methodologies. 2. Russell's Theory of Descriptions. 3. The Semantic Theory of Truth. 4. Truth and Meaning. 5. Interpretation, Minimal Truth and the World. 6. Meaning, Metaphysics and Logic. 7. The Possibility of a Naturalistic Theory of Meaning. 8. What is a Theory of Reference?. 9. Sense and Reference. 10. The Causal Theory of Reference and the Social Character of Meaning. 11. Content and Context. 12. Contextual Content. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Chomsky and His Critics
Book Synopsis* Distinguished list of critics: William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan. * Includes Chomskya s substantial new replies and responses to each essay. * The best critical introduction to Chomskya s thought as a whole.Trade Review"When intellectual histories of the twentieth century are written, Noam Chomsky will surely be acknowledged as one of its major figures. Given his enormous influence, it is imperative that Chomsky's ideas be scrutinized, and I can't think of a better arena than this book, in which Chomsky and his critics are given the elbow room to work out their disagreements with the subtlety and depth that they deserve." Steven Pinker, MIT, and author of The Language Instinct "More than forty years ago, Noam Chomsky began a revolution in the way that philosophers think about the mind and about language. The essays in this fine volume make it clear that the Chomskian revolution is still very much underway and that we are far from agreement on the implications of Chomsky’s work. These cutting-edge essays – and Chomsky’s characteristically insightful replies – are full of fresh insights and acute arguments. They are essential reading for anyone interested in the extraordinary impact Chomsky has had on philosophy." Stephen Stich, Rutgers University "This is a first-rate volume for advanced students and scholars in philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science that will advance understanding of Chomsky's work for years to come." Choice "This is a first-rate volume for advanced students and scholars in philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science that will advance understanding of Chomsky's work for years to come." Choice, December 2003Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland, College Park) and Louise M. Antony (The Ohio State University). 1. Chomsky on the Mind-Body Problem: William G. Lycan (University of North Carolina). 2. Chomsky's Challenge to Physicalism: Jeffrey Poland (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). 3. Real Materialism: Galen Strawson (University of Reading). 4. Naturalistic Inquiry: Where does Mental Representation Fit In?: Frances Egan (Rutgers University). 5. Chomsky, Intentinality and a CRTT: Georges Rey (University of Maryland, College Park). 6. Referential Semantics for I-languages?: Peter Ludlow (State University of New York, Stony Brook). 7. Meaning and Its Place in the Language Faculty: Paul Horwich (Graduate Center of the City University of New York). 8. Small Verbs, Complex Events: Analyticity without Synonymy: Paul M. Pietroski (University of Maryland, College Park). 9. In Defense of Public Language: Ruth Garrett Millikan (University of Connecticut). 10. The Theory Theory as an Alternative to the Innateness Hypothesis: Alison Gopnik (Universtiy of California at Berkeley). 11. Replies: Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 12. Major Works By and About Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Search for the Perfect Language
Book SynopsisThe idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an investigation into the history of that idea and of its profound influence on European thought, culture and history. From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was just such a language, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants from the catastrophe of the Fall and at Babel. The recovery of that language would, for theologians, express the nature of divinity, for cabbalists allow access to hidden knowledge and power, and for philosophers reveal the nature of truth. Versions of these ideas remained current in the Enlightenment, and have recently received fresh impetus in attempts to create a natural language for artificial intelligence. Trade Review"This is as much a history of the study of language and its origins as it is a tour de force pursuit using scholarly detection and cultural interpretation, thus providing a series of original perspectives on two thousand years of European history." The Medieval ReviewTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Introduction. 1. From Adam to Confusio Linguarum. . Genesis 2, 10, 11. Before and After Europe. Side-effects. A Semiotic Model for Natural Language. 2. The Kabbalistic Pansemioticism. . The Reading of the Torah. Cosmic Permutability and the Kabbala of Names. The Mother Tongue. 3. The Perfect Language of Dante. Latin and the Vernacular. Language and Lingusitic Behavior. The First Gift to Adam. Dante and Universal Grammar. The Illustrious Vernacular. Dante and Abulafia. 4. The Ars Magna of Raymond Lull. . The Elements of the Ars Combinatoria. . The Alphabet and the Four Figures. The Arbor Scientarium. The Concordia Universalis of Nicholas of Cusa. 5. The Monogenetic Hypothesis and the Mother Tongues. . The Return to Hebrew. Postel's Universalistic Utopia. The Etymological Furor. Conventionalism, Epicureanism and Polygenesis. The Pre-Hebraic Language. The Nationalistic Hypotheses. Philosophers against Monogeneticism. A Dream that refused to Die. New Prospects for the Monogenetic Hypothesis. 6. Kabbalism and Lullism in Modern Culture. Magic Names and Kabbalistic Hebrew. Kabbalism and Lullism in the Steganographies. Lullian Kabbalism. Bruno: Ars Combinatoria and Infinite Worlds. Infinite Songs and Locutions. 7. The Perfect Language of Images. Horapollo's Hieroglyphica. The Egyptian Alphabet. Kircher's Egyptology. Kircher's Chinese. The Kircherian Ideology. Later Critics. The Egyptian vs. the Chinese Way. Images for Aliens. 8. Magic Language. Hypotheses. Dee's Magic Language. Perfection and Secrecy. 9. Polygraphies. Kircher's Polygraphy. Beck and Becher. First Attempts at a Content Organizations. 10. A Priori Philosophical Languages. . Bacon. Comenius. Descarted and Mersenne. The English Debate on Character and Traits. Primitives and Organization Content. 11. George Dalgarno. 12. John Wilkins. . The Tables and the Grammar. The Real Characters. The Dictionary: Synonyms, Periphrases, Metaphors. An Open Classification?. The Limits of Classification. The Hypertext of Wilkins. 13. Francis Lodwick. . 14. From Liebniz to the Encyclopédie. Characteristica and Calculus. The Problem of the Primitives. The Encyclopedia and the Aphabet of Thought. Blind Thought. The I Ching and the Binary Calculus. Side-effects. The 'Library' of Liebnitz and the Encyclopédie. 15. Philosophic Language from the Enlightenment to Today. . Eighteenth-century Projects. The Last Flowering of Philosophic Languages. Space Languages. Artificial Intelligence. Some Ghosts of the Perfect Language. 16. The Internatonal Auxiliary Languages. The Mixed Systems. The Babel of A Posteriori Languages. Esperanto. An Optimized Grammar. Theoretical Objections and Counter-objections. The 'Political' Possibilitites of an IAL. Limits and Effability of an IAL. Conclusion. Translation. The Gift to Adam. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Formal Semantics
Book SynopsisFormal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.Trade Review"This volume contains a well-balanced selection of great papers covering fifteen vibrant years of semantic research. My own definition of a classic paper is a paper that is endlessly borrowed by students, but rarely returned. The papers in this volume all share the property that somewhere in the world somebody owns my copy of them. It's great to find them all collected here." Fred Landman, Tel Aviv University "Truth-conditional semantics has its roots in the work of Frege and analytic philosophy, which was designed to overcome the vagueness, ambiguities, and dubious ontological commitments of natural language. Curiously, this intellectual tradition provided the very foundation for the serious study of meaning in natural language. This collection of seminal articles bears witness to this astonishing development; it should be essential reading for linguists and philosophers who are seriously interested in linguistic meaning." Manfred Krifka, Humboldt UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Paul Portner and Barbara Partee 1 The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English 17 Richard Montague 2 A Unified Analysis of the English Bare Plural 35 Greg Carlson 3 Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language 75 Jon Barwise and Robin Cooper 4 The Logical Analysis of Plurals and Mass Terms 127 Godehard Link 5 Assertion 147 Robert C Stalnaker 6 Scorekeeping in a Language Game 162 David Lewis 7 Adverbs of Quantification 178 David Lewis 8 A Theory of Truth and Semantic Representation 189 Hans Kamp 9 File Change Semantics and the Familiarity Theory of Definiteness 223 Irene Heim 10 On the Projection Problem for Presuppositions 249 Irene Heim 11 Toward a Semantic Analysis of Verb Aspect and the English 'Imperfective' Progressive 261 David R Dowty 12 The National Category of Modality 289 Angelika Kratzer 13 The Algebra of Events 324 Emmon Bach 14 Generalized Conjunction and Type Ambiguity 334 Barbara Partee and Mats Rooth 15 Noun Phrase Interpretation and Type Shifting Principles 357 Barbara H Partee 16 Syntax and Semantics of Questions 382 Lauri Karttunen 17 Type-Shifting Rules and the Semantics of Interrogatives 421 Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof 18 On the Notion Affective in the Analysis of Negative-Polarity Items 457 William A Ladusaw Index 471
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Philosophy of Logic
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary readings in the philosophy of logic.Trade Review"The Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies have set a very high standard and Dale Jacquette's Philosophy of Logic handily maintains this customary level of breadth of coverage and importance of content. Its inclusion of a vast amount of interesting material will make teaching from this anthology a delight." Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh "Dale Jacquette in Philosophy of Logic: An Anthology brings together some of the most important papers in twentieth-century philosophy of logic ... as a source book for a course on philosophy of logic it is a useful collection. It would also provide supplementary reading for courses on philosophy of mathematics or language." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Logic and Philosophy of Logic: Dale Jacquette. Part I: Classical Logic:. 1. The Laws of Logic: Arthur Pap. 2. Russell's Mathematical Logic: Kurt Gödel. 3. Which Logic is the Right Logic?: Leslie H. Tharp. 4. What Can Logic Do For Philosophy?: Karl Popper. Part II: Truth, Propositions and Meaning:. 5. Truth and Meaning: Donald Davidson. 6. Outline of a Theory of Truth: Saul A. Kripke. 7. Tarski's Theory of Truth: Hartry Field. 8. Types and Ontology: Fred Sommers. 9. Propositions: George Bealer. Part III: Quantifiers and Quantificational Theory:. 10. Logic and Existence: Czeslaw Lejewski. 11. A Plea for Substitutional Quantification: Charles Parsons. 12. Nominalism and the Substitutional Quantifier: Ruth Barcan Marcus. 13. Interpretations of Quantifiers: Thomas Baldwin. 14. Language Games for Quantifiers: Jaakko Hintikka. Part IV: Validity, Inference and Entailment:. 15. Bolzano's Concept of Consequence: Rolf George. 16. On the Concept of Logical Consequence: Alfred Tarski. 17. The Pure Calculus of Entailment: Alan Ross Anderson and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr. 18. Formal and Material Consequence: Stephen Read. 19. Tarski on Truth and Logical Consequence: John Etchemendy. Part V Modality, Intensionality and Propositional Attitude:. 20. What are Possible Worlds?: John E. Nolt. 21. Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes: W.V.O. Quine. 22. Counterpart Theory and Quantified Modal Logic: David Lewis. 23. Interpretation of Quantifiers: Dagfinn Follesdal. 24. A Backward Look at Quine's Animadversions on Modalities: Ruth Barcan Marcus. 25. Quantifying In: David Kaplan. 26. Substitutivity and the Coherence of Quantifying In: Graeme Forbes. 27. The Intensionality of Ontological Commitment: Michael Jubien. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Skepticism Volume 10
Book SynopsisStarting with its tenth (2000) volume, Philosophical Issues will be a yearly one-volume supplement to Noûs. Each year it will be devoted to invited papers and book symposia in a specific area of philosophy. The yearly has attained distinction through the uniformly high quality of its previous nine volumes and the fact that its authors include many of the most distinguished philosophers active today. The topic of Volume 10 is controversies at the interface of epistemology with philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, including discussion of the sorites paradox and linguistic contextualism on attributions of knowledge.Table of Contents1 Skepticism and Contextualism. (Ernest Sosa). 2 Skepticism, Tracking, and Warrant. (James E. Tomberlin). 3 The Contextualist Evasion of Epistemology. (Hilary Kornblith). 4 Sensitivity, Indiscernibility And Knowledge. (Keith Leher). 5 Replies. (Ernest Sosa). 6 Contextualism and Externalism: Trading in One Form of Skepticism for Another. (Robert J. Fogelin). 7 Scrutinizing a Trade. (Jay F. Rosenberg). 8 What Has Contexualism to Do with Skepticism? (Enrique Villanueva). 9 What Has Contexualism and Levels of Scrutiny. (Luis M. Valdes- Villanueva). 10 Is Contextualism Stable ? (Micheal J. Williams). 11 Replies. (Robert J. Fogelin). 12 Contextualism and Skipticism. (Stewart Cohen). 13 Contextualism and the Real Nature of Academic Skipticism. (Peter D. Klein). 14 Reply to Cohen. (John Hawthorne). 15 Scepticism, Contextualism and Closure. (Josep L. Prades). 16 Replies. (Stewart Cohen). 17 Cogency and Question-Begging: Some Reflections on McKinsey’s Paradox. and Putnam’s Proof. (Crispin Wright). 18 On Wright ‘s Diagnosis of McKinsey’s Argument. (Alfonso Garcia Suarez). 19 Transmission and Closure. (Bob Hale). 20 Warrant-Transmission, Defeaters and Disquotations. (R.M. Sainsbury). 21 Replies. (Crispin Wright). 22 Vagueness and Partial Belief. (Stephen Schiffer). 23 Vagueness and Indirect Disclosure. (Manuel Garcia- Carpintero). 24 Stephen Schiffer’s Theory of Vagueness. (Paul Horwich). 25 Vagueness as a Psychological Notion. (Lourdes Valdivia). 26 Partial Belief and Borderline Cases. (Jorges Rodriguez Marqueze). 27 Vagueness- Related Attitudes. (David Barett). 28 Replies. (Stephen Schiffer). 29 Scepticism and the Principle of Inferential Justification. (John Greco). 30 Scepticism and Epistemic Kinds. (John Greco). 31 The Principle of Inferential Justification,Scepticism and Causal Beliefs. (Josep E. Corbi). 32 Memory and Justification: Hookway and Fumerton on Scepticism. (Carlos J. Moya and Tobies Grimaltos. 33 Replies. (Christopher Hookway). Contributor.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist
Book SynopsisDerivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry the respective roles of derivation and representation. Presents accessible, cutting edge research on the respective roles of derivation and representation in syntactic inquiry. Discusses a wide range of phenomena and also includes alternative, representational perspectives. Features papers by M. Brody, C. Collins, S. Epstein, J. Frampton, S. Gutmann, N. Hornstein, R. Kayne, H. Kitahara, J. McCloskey, N. Richards, D. Seely, E. Torrego, J. Uriagereka, C.J.W. Zwart. Trade Review‘In this outstanding collection, leading researchers explore ways in which the rich, complex, and apparently varied phenomena of the languages of the world can be explained in terms of uniform principles of optimal design and external conditions that must be satisfied if language is to be usable at all. Following several different paths, these highly original, carefully crafted, and challenging essays open important new directions for research into some of the most fascinating issues of the study of language, with far-reaching implications beyond.’ Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Table of Contents1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely. 2. On the status of representations and derivations: Michael Brody. 3. Eliminating Labels: Chris Collins. 4. Rule applications as cycles in a level-free syntax: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely. 5. Crash-proof syntax: John Frampton & Samuel Gutmann. 6. Reprojections: Norbert Hornstein & Juan Uriagereka. 7. Pronouns and their antecedents: Richard Kayne. 8. Scrambling, Case, and Interpretability: Hisatsugu Kitahara. 9. Resumption, successive cyclicity, and the locality of operations: James McCloskey. 10. Movement in a top-down derivation: Norvin Richards. 11. Arguments for a Derivational approach to syntactic relations based on clitics: Esther Torrego. 12. Issues relating to a derivational theory of binding: Jan-Wouter Zwart.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Structuralism
Book SynopsisJohn Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey available of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser theory. A classic work in literary and cultural theory. Reissued to coincide with calls for a return to structuralism. Includes a new introduction by Jean-Michel Rabaté, which explores developments in the reception of structuralist theory in the past five to ten years. Table of ContentsIntroduction 2003: Are you History? Jean-Michel Rabaté. Introduction to the second edition: John Sturrock. Language. Social Sciences. Semiotics. Literature. Post-Structuralism. Conclusion. Further Reading. Notes. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Structuralism
Book SynopsisJohn Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey available of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser theory. A classic work in literary and cultural theory. Reissued to coincide with calls for a return to structuralism. Includes a new introduction by Jean-Michel Rabaté, which explores developments in the reception of structuralist theory in the past five to ten years. Table of ContentsIntroduction 2003: Are you History? Jean-Michel Rabaté. Introduction to the second edition: John Sturrock. Language. Social Sciences. Semiotics. Literature. Post-Structuralism. Conclusion. Further Reading. Notes. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Language and Mind Volume 16
Book SynopsisPhilosophical Perspectives, an annual, aims to publish original essays by the foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical research. Original essays by the foremost thinkers and academics of philosophy discussing the philosophy of language and mind Some of the main topics include demonstratives and anaphora, meaning and naming, belief and privileged access, modality, concepts and time, and paradox Table of ContentsPart I: Demonstratives and Anaphora:. 1. Competence with Demonstratives: James Higginbotham (University of Southern California). 2. Does Syntax Reveal Semantics? A Case Study of Complex Demonstratives: Kent Johnson (University of California, Irvine) and Ernie Lepore (Rutgers University). 3. Reference and Anaphora: R.M. Sainsbury (King's College, London). Part II: Meaning and Naming:. 4. Giorgione Was So-Called Because of His Name: Kent Bach (San Fransisco State University). 5. Truth-Conditional Pragmatics: Anne L. Bezuidenhout (University of South Carolina). 6. On Sense and Intention: David Chalmers (University of Arizona). 7. Do Adjectives Conform to Compositionality?: Marga Reimer (University of Arizona). Part III: Belief and Privileged Access. 8. Forms of Externalism and Privileged Access: Michael McKinsey (Wayne State University). 9. De Re and De Dicto: Against the Conventional Wisdom: Kenneth A. Taylor (Stanford University). 10. The Aim of Belief: Ralph Wedgwood (Merton College, Oxford). Part IV: Modality, Concepts, and Time:. 11. The Source of Necessity: Robert Hale (University of Glasgow). 12. Modality and What is Said: Jason Stanley (University of Michigan). 13. The Emperor's New Concepts: Neil Tennant (Ohio State University). 14. Time, Idealism, and the Identity of Indiscernibles: James Van Cleve (James Van Cleve). Part V: Paradox:. 15. The Resolution of Russell's Paradox in Principia Mathematica: Bernard Linsky (University of Alberta). 16. Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox: Kirk Ludwig and Greg Ray (Both University of Florida).
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Harvard University Press Articulating Reasons An Introduction to
Book SynopsisBrandom is one of the most original philosophers of our day, whose book Making It Explicit covered and extended a vast range of topics in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language—the core of analytic philosophy. This new work provides an approachable introduction to the complex system that Making It Explicit mapped out.Trade ReviewDisplaying a sovereign command of the intricate discussion in the analytic philosophy of language, Brandom manages successfully to carry out a program within the philosophy of language that has already been sketched by others, without losing sight of the vision inspiring the enterprise in the important details of his investigation … Using the tools of a complex theory of language, Brandom succeeds in describing convincingly the practices in which the reason and autonomy of subjects capable of speech and action are expressed. -- Jürgen HabermasTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Semantic Inferentialism and Logical Expressivism 2. Action, Norms, and Practical Reasoning 3. Insights and Blindspots of Reliabilism 4. What Are Singular Terms, and Why Are There Any? 5. A Social Route from Reasoning to Representing 6. Objectivity and the Normative Fine Structure of Rationality Notes Index
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Harvard University Press Toward a Contextual Realism
Book SynopsisEsteemed philosopher Jocelyn Benoist argues for a renewed realism that takes seriously the context in which intention occurs. “What there is”—the traditional subject of metaphysics—can be determined only in context, Benoist contends, carving out a new path that rejects acontextual ontologies and approaches to the mind.Trade ReviewHere, the most erudite and insightful European philosopher brings welcome new perspectives to a variety of recent Anglophone debates. Toward a Contextual Realism breathes fresh air into what might otherwise become insular and sterile modes of philosophy. -- Charles Travis, King’s College LondonWhy should we consider reality to be contextual? Jocelyn Benoist’s stunning contribution to this question will engage scholars well beyond philosophy. A crucial corrective to the unduly restricted notions of context in semiotics and linguistics, this book points to a rigorous way of making the ontologies of others count. Showing grace and patience, Toward a Contextual Realism is a generous invitation to take thought forward. -- Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University
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Harvard University Press The Logical Alien
Book SynopsisIs our logical form of thought merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such? From Kant to Wittgenstein, philosophers have wrestled with variants of this question. This volume brings together nine distinguished thinkers on the subject, including James Conant, author of the seminal paper “The Search for Logically Alien Thought.”Trade ReviewThis book is remarkable in its content, unique in its form, and innovative in its understanding of philosophical methodology. The essays in Part I provoke a lively dialogue. In his replies in Part II, Conant shows us the multiplicity of ways in which, in doing the history of philosophy, we blind ourselves to some philosophical possibility. In doing so, he enables us to see over and again a deep truth about the nature of philosophy and why it is difficult. The result is an exceptionally interesting and original work—one that is not so much an outstanding contribution to some ‘field’ within philosophy as a work capable of reshaping what one takes philosophy to be. -- Cora Diamond, author of Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to EthicsThis extraordinary book constitutes nothing less than a philosophical engagement with the history of fundamental conceptions of logic from Descartes to Leibniz, through Kant and Frege, to early and later Wittgenstein—an engagement that explores different ways of conceiving this history, different ways of conceiving what logic is, what thought and judgment are, as well as what knowledge is and how it relates to thought and judgment. There is a distinctive form of philosophical self-engagement that characterizes Conant’s remarkable ‘Replies’ in Part II. No reader can enter into this mode of self-engagement—this manner of working through layers of understanding and misunderstanding, layers of criticism and self-clarification—without herself becoming fruitfully entangled in the very kind of philosophical activity that these ‘Replies’ seek to exemplify. These pages are filled with nuances in conceptual clarification, a wealth of philosophical distinctions, and a level of rigor in philosophical reflection that is rarely found on our philosophical planet. This book will hold a singular place in the contemporary philosophical landscape. -- Andrea Kern, author of Sources of KnowledgeA carefully written and cleverly argued exploration of both historical and contemporary issues in the philosophy of logic. * Choice *
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Harvard University Press The Psychoanalytic Mind
Book SynopsisCavell elaborates the view, traceable from Wittgenstein to Davidson, that there is no thought, and thus no meaning, without language, and shows how this concurs with psychoanalytic theory and practice.Trade ReviewAny psychologist interested in a deeper understanding of what it means to think in terms of unconscious processes will want to read Cavell's book. -- Alan Bass * Contemporary Psychology *An outstanding introduction to modern perspectives of psychoanalysis and philosophy and the synthesis of meaning and mind that they share. * Antioch Review *
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Harvard University Press The Virtues and Vices of Speech
Book SynopsisGiovanni Pontano, best known today as a Latin poet, also composed popular prose dialogues and essays. The De sermone, translated into English here for the first time as The Virtues and Vices of Speech, provides a moral anatomy of aspects of speech such as truthfulness, deception, flattery, gossip, bargaining, irony, wit, and ridicule.
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Princeton University Press From Hand to Mouth
Book SynopsisMarshaling far-flung evidence from anthropology, animal behavior, neurology, molecular biology, anatomy, linguistics, and evolutionary psychology, the author makes the case that language developed, with the emergence of Homo sapiens, from primate gestures to a true signed language, complete with grammar and syntax.Trade Review"Provocative... The gestural theory makes for a captivating story."--Emily Eakin, New York Times "From Hand to Mouth is informative and entertaining... [It] will raise awareness about the importance of gestures and the crucial role they play in communicative interactions."--Dario Maestripieri, American Scientist "Corballis makes the case that the evolutionary origins of language are in gestures rather than in speech... An engaging story."--Choice "An engaging, highly readable and provocative account of the evolution of human language... In short, this is an important book on an important topic... From Hand to Mouth should be studied by everyone with a serious interest in the origins of language and read by others who want an evolutionary account that is as entertaining as it is informative."--Joseph B. Hellige, Journal of the International Neuropsychological SocietyTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. What Is Language? 1 Chapter 2. Do Animals Have Language? 21 Chapter 3. In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41 Chapter 4. On Our Own Two Feet 66 Chapter 5. Becoming Human 82 Chapter 6. Signed Language 102 Chapter 7. It's All Talk 126 Chapter 8. Why Are We Lopsided? 159 Chapter 9. From Hand to Mouth 184 Chapter 10. Synopsis 213 References 221 Index 247
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Princeton University Press Philosophical Essays Volume 2
Book SynopsisIllustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; and, the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds.Trade Review"The wealth of ideas contained within this volume moves the philosophical conversation well forward with originality, high-level criticism, and exhaustive thoroughness. This work is so thick with detail that only a thin layer of the surface could be presented here; yet, hopefully, these samples paint an accurate picture of what is a precise, technical, and surgery-like analysis contribution to the contemporary conversation about the philosophical significance of language."--Austin Ward, DialogueTable of ContentsThe Origins of These Essays ix Introduction 1 Part One: Reference, Propositions, and Propositional Attitudes 31 Essay One: Direct Reference, Propositional Attitudes, and Semantic Content 33 Essay Two: Why Propositions Can't Be Sets of Truth-Supporting Circumstances 72 Essay Three: Belief and Mental Representation 81 Essay Four: Attitudes and Anaphora 111 Part Two: Modality 137 Essay Five: The Modal Argument: Wide Scope and Rigidified Descriptions 139 Essay Six: The Philosophical Significance of the Kripkean Necessary A Posteriori 165 Essay Seven: Knowledge of Manifest Natural Kinds 189 Essay Eight: Understanding Assertion 211 Essay Nine: Ambitious Two-Dimensionalism 243 Essay Ten: Actually 277 Part Three: Truth and Vagueness 301 Essay Eleven: What Is a Theory of Truth? 303 Essay Twelve: Understanding Deflationism 323 Essay Thirteen: Higher-Order Vagueness for Partially Defined Predicates 340 Essay Fourteen: The Possibility of Partial Definition 362 Part Four: Kripke, Wittgenstein, and Following a Rule 383 Essay Fifteen: Skepticism about Meaning: Indeterminacy, Normativity, and the Rule-Following Paradox 385 Essay Sixteen: Facts, Truth Conditions, and the Skeptical Solution to the Rule-Following Paradox 416 Index 457
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Princeton University Press Émigrés
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Who needs ennui when we have old-fashioned boredom? . . . Scholar’s émigrés often manage to be posh and phoney at the same time, while still carrying a kind of precision it would be hard to find without them. . . . [In Émigrés] words have historical lives and tell us stories we may not know how to hear."---Michael Wood, London Review of Books"A well-researched, convincing account of how our language has welcomed foreign words—but not always their native speakers." * Kirkus Reviews *"Scholar . . . reflects thoughtfully and sometimes surprisingly on the use of French words in English. . . . Given the current interest in immigration, Scholar’s book on immigrant words is erudite, witty, and surprisingly timely." * Publishers Weekly *"Like the émigré lexical items themselves, Emigrés crackles with hidden energy and is worth serious study." * Choice *"The émigrés that Scholar highlights—à la mode, galanterie, naïveté, ennui, and caprice—don’t assimilate and, in this act of resistance, reveal new ways of being."---Meghan K. McGinley, AmeriQuests"This thoughtful summation of how much English owes to French, and other languages, has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi and cultural relevance."---David Caddy, Tears in the Fence"[A] lively and always entertaining book. . . . Although Professor Scholar clearly has a wealth of learning at his fingertips, enjoyment of Émigrés need not be limited to academic readers. The book will be readily understood by academic and non-specialist readers alike. . . . The habit of using émigré words is infectious: for his sang-froid, savoir faire, and bonhomie in guiding us on this voyage through the complexities of our national love-hate relationship with French—and the French—we are all indebted to Richard Scholar."---Annette Tomarken, H-France Review"The ‘émigrés’ of this engaging book . . . occupy an uneasy centre ground between donor and borrower language, being neither French nor fully integrated into English. This ambiguity, Richard Scholar argues, reflects a long-standing ambivalence in English cultural attitudes to things French, ranging from fascination to disdain. . . . The book takes us on an eclectic journey from Restoration comedy to Winnie-the-Pooh’s companion Eeyore, John Le Carré and the Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine."---David Hornsby, Modern Language Review"Émigrés . . . takes an approach informed by both French and English literature, and sets its findings in a cultural context which is wider still. This is pleasing, as the historical study of language perishes in a vacuum. . . . [A] humane and humanistic book."---Anthony Grant, French Studies"The dream of a primordial linguistic simplicity has a flip side: the fear of linguistic creolization followed by a loss of national identity. Richard Scholar’s book exorcises this atavistic fear."---Maria Neklyudova, Shagi / Steps."Fascinating and informative. His research is excellent, he writes clearly, and the book is full of charming and memorable detail . . . .[Scholar] has written a captivating book in an accessible style. It would be good if reading him became de rigueur among students of language and literature, but perhaps ça serait trop beau."---Alan Dent, Northern Review of Books
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Fodor
Book SynopsisJerry Fodor is one of the most important philosophers of mind in recent decades. He has done much to set the agenda in this field and has had a significant influence on the development of cognitive science. Fodor''s project is that of constructing a physicalist vindication of folk psychology and so paving the way for the development of a scientifically respectable intentional psychology. The centrepiece of his engagement in this project is a theory of the cognitive mind, namely, the computational theory of mind, which postulates the existence of a language of thought. Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy is a comprehensive study of Fodor''s writings. Individual chapters are devoted to each of the major issues raised by his work and contain extensive discussion of his relationships to key developments in cognitive science and to the views of such philosophical luminaries as Dennett, Davidson and Searle. This accessible book will appeal to advanced level undergraduate stuTrade Review'Beautifully clear and well argued, Cain's study of Fodor will serve not only as an accessible book on a very important contemporary philosopher of mind, but also as an excellent introduction to the whole area in which Fodor's work has its being.' Gregory McCulloch, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. The Fodorian Project. 2. Philosophical and Scientific Background. 3. The Computational Theory of Mind. 4. Challenges to the Computational Theory of Mind. 5. Explaining Mental Content. 6. Individualism and Narrow Content. 7. The Modularity Thesis. Afterword. Notes. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Richard Rorty
Book SynopsisNeil Gascoigne provides the first comprehensive introduction Richard Rorty's work.Trade Review“Richard Rorty was a much-admired and controversial philosopher, but why is he admired, and why is he controversial? Neil Gascoigne’s readable and interesting book answers both of these questions. Gascoigne writes with clarity and style, and shows a deep knowledge of Rorty’s writings and the motivations behind them. Anyone who wants to understand Rorty’s ideas as a whole, and their significance, should read this book. Highly recommended.” Tim Crane, University College London “This is an excellent--and, indeed, timely--book which substantially furthers our understanding of one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century.” Duncan Pritchard, University of Edinburgh “Rorty’s neopragmatism is often presented as a sequence of slogans about mind, language, truth, solidarity, and the nature of philosophy. In this important new book, Neil Gascoigne looks beyond the catch phrases and provides a compelling account of Rorty’s philosophy, from his early work in philosophy of mind to his last writings on social hope. The Rorty that emerges is a far more formidable and systematic philosopher than one might expect.” Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION: NO SINGLE VISION. 1. PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS. 2. ACTOR AND MARTYR. 3. FAR, FAR AWAY…. CHAPTER 1: OUT OF MIND. 1. OUR RORTIAN ANCESTORS. 2. MATERIALISM AND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM. 3. EXPLICATION, ELIMINATION, AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE. CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM?. 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. ANALYSIS, EXPLICATION AND ELIMINATION. 3. ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM. 4. INCORRIGIBILIY. 5. TROUBLES WITH ELIMINATISM. 6. FAR, FAR AWAY, LIES…. CHAPTER 3: RORTY’S KEHRE. 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. REALISM AND REFERENCE. 3. SCEPTICISM, RELATIVISM, TRUTH. CHAPTER 4: OVERCOMING PHILOSOPHY. 1. AFTER PHILOSOPHY?. 2. THE LINGUISTIC TURN. 3. THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY. 4. WHITHER EPISTEMOLOGY?. 5. THE REAPPEARING ‘WE’. 6. IN CONVERSATION. CHAPTER 5: NEW SELVES FOR OLD. 1. FROM EPISTEMOLOGY TO POLITICS. 2. DEWEY’S REDESCRIPTION. 3. CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY. 4. METAPHORLOSOPHY. 5. TWO CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM. 6. LIBERALISM AND THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHY. 7. THE LAST IRONIST. CHAPTER 6: THE WHOLE TRUTH. 1. THE AUTHORITY OF NORMS. 2. THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE. 3. RELATIVISM REDUX. 4. TRIANGULATION. CONCLUSION: THE ENDS OF PHILOSOPHY. 1. DOUBLE VISION. 2. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. 3. THE ENDS OF PHILOSOPHY. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Richard Rorty
Book SynopsisNeil Gascoigne provides the first comprehensive introduction Richard Rorty's work.Trade Review“Richard Rorty was a much-admired and controversial philosopher, but why is he admired, and why is he controversial? Neil Gascoigne’s readable and interesting book answers both of these questions. Gascoigne writes with clarity and style, and shows a deep knowledge of Rorty’s writings and the motivations behind them. Anyone who wants to understand Rorty’s ideas as a whole, and their significance, should read this book. Highly recommended.” Tim Crane, University College London “This is an excellent--and, indeed, timely--book which substantially furthers our understanding of one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century.” Duncan Pritchard, University of Edinburgh “Rorty’s neopragmatism is often presented as a sequence of slogans about mind, language, truth, solidarity, and the nature of philosophy. In this important new book, Neil Gascoigne looks beyond the catch phrases and provides a compelling account of Rorty’s philosophy, from his early work in philosophy of mind to his last writings on social hope. The Rorty that emerges is a far more formidable and systematic philosopher than one might expect.” Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION: NO SINGLE VISION. 1. PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS. 2. ACTOR AND MARTYR. 3. FAR, FAR AWAY…. CHAPTER 1: OUT OF MIND. 1. OUR RORTIAN ANCESTORS. 2. MATERIALISM AND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM. 3. EXPLICATION, ELIMINATION, AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE. CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM?. 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. ANALYSIS, EXPLICATION AND ELIMINATION. 3. ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM. 4. INCORRIGIBILIY. 5. TROUBLES WITH ELIMINATISM. 6. FAR, FAR AWAY, LIES…. CHAPTER 3: RORTY’S KEHRE. 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. REALISM AND REFERENCE. 3. SCEPTICISM, RELATIVISM, TRUTH. CHAPTER 4: OVERCOMING PHILOSOPHY. 1. AFTER PHILOSOPHY?. 2. THE LINGUISTIC TURN. 3. THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY. 4. WHITHER EPISTEMOLOGY?. 5. THE REAPPEARING ‘WE’. 6. IN CONVERSATION. CHAPTER 5: NEW SELVES FOR OLD. 1. FROM EPISTEMOLOGY TO POLITICS. 2. DEWEY’S REDESCRIPTION. 3. CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY. 4. METAPHORLOSOPHY. 5. TWO CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM. 6. LIBERALISM AND THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHY. 7. THE LAST IRONIST. CHAPTER 6: THE WHOLE TRUTH. 1. THE AUTHORITY OF NORMS. 2. THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE. 3. RELATIVISM REDUX. 4. TRIANGULATION. CONCLUSION: THE ENDS OF PHILOSOPHY. 1. DOUBLE VISION. 2. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. 3. THE ENDS OF PHILOSOPHY. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Chomsky
Book Synopsis* Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential figures in contemporary intellectual life, known for his groundbreaking contributions to a range of fields from linguistics to political theory.Trade Review"This is a remarkably comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Chomsky's views about human nature, how to study it, and its various manifestations in language and politics. McGilvray's obvious enthusiasm for the subject is displayed in a text that is stunningly well researched, historically rich, empirically informed, and philosophically engaged throughout." Paul Pietroski, University of Maryland "McGilvray has achieved something extraordinary with this compact, accessible and penetrating text. Not only does he insightfully connect Chomsky’s voluminous contributions to current affairs with his equally voluminous work in generative grammar and philosophy of mind and language, he also gets the complex synthesis exactly right. The result is a tour de force. From now on, his is the book on Chomsky that I will direct my students to." Robert Stainton, University of Western Ontario "This text highlights Chomsky’s exceptional contribution to the science of language as a biological organ, to the naturalistic theory of mind, and to the view of political systems as means to meet the fundamental needs of humans. McGilvray cleverly evidences Chomsky’s unification of the science of language, human nature and politics." Anna Maria Di Sciullo, University of Québec at Montréal"This book provides an accessible introduction to Chomsky. Researchers and students of linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and politics will find it an interesting read."Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface vi Introduction 1 1 Chomsky’s Contributions 7 2 The Mind and Its Sciences 26 3 Partitioning the Mind: Bad and Good Cognitive Science 52 4 Human Problem-Solving Capacities 69 5 The Science of Language 89 6 Linguistic Meanings and Their Uses 136 7 Chomsky on Politics: Some Basic Themes 158 8 Language and Politics: Justification 205 Glossary 234 Notes 238 Bibliography 245 Index 254
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Chomsky Language Mind and Politics 2e
Book Synopsis* Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential figures in contemporary intellectual life, known for his groundbreaking contributions to a range of fields from linguistics to political theory.Trade Review"This is a remarkably comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Chomsky's views about human nature, how to study it, and its various manifestations in language and politics. McGilvray's obvious enthusiasm for the subject is displayed in a text that is stunningly well researched, historically rich, empirically informed, and philosophically engaged throughout." Paul Pietroski, University of Maryland "McGilvray has achieved something extraordinary with this compact, accessible and penetrating text. Not only does he insightfully connect Chomsky’s voluminous contributions to current affairs with his equally voluminous work in generative grammar and philosophy of mind and language, he also gets the complex synthesis exactly right. The result is a tour de force. From now on, his is the book on Chomsky that I will direct my students to." Robert Stainton, University of Western Ontario "This text highlights Chomsky’s exceptional contribution to the science of language as a biological organ, to the naturalistic theory of mind, and to the view of political systems as means to meet the fundamental needs of humans. McGilvray cleverly evidences Chomsky’s unification of the science of language, human nature and politics." Anna Maria Di Sciullo, University of Québec at Montréal"This book provides an accessible introduction to Chomsky. Researchers and students of linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and politics will find it an interesting read."Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface vi Introduction 1 1 Chomsky’s Contributions 7 2 The Mind and Its Sciences 26 3 Partitioning the Mind: Bad and Good Cognitive Science 52 4 Human Problem-Solving Capacities 69 5 The Science of Language 89 6 Linguistic Meanings and Their Uses 136 7 Chomsky on Politics: Some Basic Themes 158 8 Language and Politics: Justification 205 Glossary 234 Notes 238 Bibliography 245 Index 254
£17.09
McGill-Queen's University Press The Word and Its Ways in English
Book SynopsisAn exploration of how the mind creates words and, in turn, how words represent intended meanings.Trade Review" In addition to the seasoned practitioners of Guillaumean psychomechanics, The Word and Its Ways in English will appeal to scholars working in different research paradigms in the fields of morphology, semantics, psycholinguistics, and historical and comparative linguistics." Vit Bubenik, Memorial University of Newfoundland
£98.60
Springer Patrick Suppes Scientific Philosopher Volume 1
Book SynopsisPatrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions range over probability and statistics, mathematical and experimental psychology, the foundations of physics, education theory, the philosophy of language, measurement theory, and the philosophy of science.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Introduction; P. Humphreys. Part I: Probability. Some Contributions to Formal Theory of Probability; K. Popper, D. Miller. Elementary Non-Archimedean Representations of Probability for Decision Theory and Games; P.J. Hammond. Random Sequences and Hypotheses Tests; R. Chuaqui. Changing Probability Judgements; I. Levi. Upper and Lower Probability; T.L. Fine. Some Connections between Epistemic Logic and the Theory of Nonadditive Probability; P. Mongin. On the Properties of Conditional Independence; W. Spohn. Qualitative Probabilities Revisited; Z. Domotor. The Monks' Vote: a Dialogue on Unidimensional Probabilistic Geometry; J.-C. Falmagne. Part II: Probabilistic Causality. Probabilistic Causation without Probability; P.W. Holland. Causal Tendency, Necessitivity and Sufficientivity: an Updated Review; I.J. Good. Practical Causal Generalizations; E.W. Adams. In Place of Regression; C. Glymour, P. Spirtes, R. Scheines. Testing Probabilistic Causality; D. Costantini. Psychologistic Aspects of Suppes' Definition of Causality; P. Legrenzi, M. Sonino. Name Index. Subject Index. Volume 2: Part III: Philosophy of Physics. Probability and Quantum Theory; B. Loewer. Schrödinger's Version of EPR, and its Problems; A. Fine. Classical Field Magnitudes; J. Vuillemin. Quantity, Representation and Geometry; B. Mundy. Numerical Experimentation; P. Humphreys. Part IV: Theory Structure. Theories and Theoretical Models; R. Wojcicki. Suppes Predicates and the Construction of Unsolvable Problems in the Axiomatized Sciences; N.C.A. da Costa, F.A. Doria. StructuralExplanation; J.D. Sneed. Part V: Measurement Theory. Fifteen Problems concerning the Representational Theory of Measurement; R.D. Luce, L. Narens. The Meaningfulness of Ordinal Comparisons for General Order Relational Systems; F.S. Roberts, Z.S. Rosenbaum. Theories as Nets: the Case of Combinatorial Measurement Theory; C.U. Moulines, J.A. Díez. Name Index. Subject Index. Volume 3: Part VI: Philosophy of Language and Logic. Patrick Suppes' Contribution to the Philosophy of Language; D. Føllesdal. Open Problems in Relational Grammar; M. Böttner. A Variable-Free Logic for Anaphora; W.C. Purdy. Is Snow White? J. Moravcsik. Can there be Reasons for Putting Limitations on Classical Logic? P. Weingartner. Quantum Logic as a Logic of Identification; J. Hintikka, I. Halonen. Logic and Probability in Quantum Mechanics; M.L. dalla Chiara, R. Giuntini. Part VII: Learning Theory, Action Theory, and Robotics. From Stimulus-Sampling to Array-Similarity Theory; W.K. Estes. Action as Seeing to it that Something is the Case; R. Tuomela, G. Sandu. Command Satisfaction and the Acquisition of Habits; C. Crangle. Part VIII: General Philosophy of Science. Some Observations on Patrick Suppes' Philosophy of Science; M.C. Galavotti. Epilogue. Postscript; P. Suppes. Chronological and Topical Bibliography of Patrick Suppes' Publications. Name Index. Subject Index.
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