Philosophy of language Books

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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Book SynopsisA Stanford University Press classic.

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Book SynopsisThis volume looks at how intonation varies among speakers and societies in terms of age, sex and region, how it interacts with grammar and how it has been invoked to explain certain questions of logic.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Variation: 1. Age and sex 2. Dialect and language Part II. Intonation and Grammar: Clauses and Above: 3. Crosscurrents 4. Demarcation 5. Questions 6. Nonquestions 7. Dependent clauses and other dependencies Part III. Intonation and Grammar: Below the Clause: 8. Accent and morphology 9. Accent in higher units 10. Exclamations and interjections 11. 'Well' Part IV. Intonation and Logic: 12. Is there an intonation of 'contrast'? 13. Accent and entailment 14. accent and denial 15. An intonation of factuality? 16. A practical case: broadcast prosody Appendixes Reference matter.

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Book SynopsisDistinguished by its range of material and depth of coverage, this book offers sustained readings of some of the most important (and difficult) statements on language in modern European philosophy. Among its contributions to the literature on the authors treated is the single farthest-reaching interpretation available of Heidegger's On the Way to Language.

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Book SynopsisLanguage and culture are often seen as unique characteristics of human beings. This work examines the neurological evolution of our emotional repertoire and implications for current social behaviour and argues that our ability to use a wide array of emotions evolved long before spoken language.Trade Review“Turner’s thesis—the primacy of biologically based emotions as the foundation of human social bonding—is intellectually stimulating, and scholars in many fields not only in the social sciences but also in biology and the humanities, will want to read this book. . . . The writing style is clear and engaging.”—Larry Arnhart, Northern Illinois UniversityTable of ContentsCONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Book Synopsis“Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole.” Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life.

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Book SynopsisA major work in the philosophy of language by the celebrated French thinker Jacques Derrida. The book's two essays, Limited Inc and Signature Event Context, constitute key statements of the Derridean theory of deconstruction

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Book SynopsisEugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays Each essay is followed by a comment from Gendlin himself. The work investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and compares Gendlin's work to that of Wittgenstein, Dilthey and Heidegger.

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Book SynopsisWhile the issue of language has become a key fulcrum of continental philosophy since the twentieth century, Immanuel Kant has been overlooked as a thinker whose breadth of insight has helped to spearhead this advance. The Linguistic Dimension of Kantâs Thought remedies this historical gap by gathering new essays by distinguished Kant scholars.

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Book SynopsisNancy Shawcross places Barthes' thought on photography in the context of his developing ideas about semiology, tracking origins, rejections and departures. She shows Barthes' affinities with and distinction from, other theorists of photography.

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Book SynopsisIn rewriting the philosophy of grammar, Braine restores the dynamic conception of language, reuniting structure and communicative function. Grammar, typically through the verb, gives the sentence its ‘saying’ function, the verb being what brings the sentence to life, giving the sentence’s other elements their role and force.Trade ReviewA tour de force. At nearly 800 pages, it ranges over a vast terrain of issues about the nature of language. Braine presents a sustained analysis and critique of much contemporary philosophy of language…This book's breadth and depth of material covered makes professionals the only appropriate audience." - Choice"This vast, inspiring undertaking is nothing if not utopian. At the same time, it has much to offer anyone who wants more than atomistic analysis, and is prepared to think through what modern linguistics is ultimately about." - Language and History

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Book SynopsisSpeech Begins after Death is a transcript of critic Claude Bonnefoy's interview with Michel Foucault in which he reflects on his approach to the written word throughout his life, from his school days to his discovery of the pleasure of writing. Never before published in English, this is one of Foucault's most personal statements about his life and writing.Table of ContentsContentsEditor’s NoteIntroduction: Foucault and Audiography Philippe ArtièresInterview between Michel Foucault and Claude Bonnefoy, 1968Chronologies of Michel Foucault and Claude Bonnefoy

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Book SynopsisRickert develops the concept of ambience to engage all of the elements that comprise the ecologies in which we exist.

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Book SynopsisResounding the Rhetorical offers an original critical and theoretical examination of composition as a quasi-object. As composition flourishes in multiple media (digital, sonic, visual, etc.) Byron Hawk seeks to connect new materialism with current composition scholarship and critical theory.Trade ReviewResounding the Rhetorical adds the latest chapter in the lineage of the foremost critical theory in the field of rhetoric and composition. Hawk makes his most important and carefully researched contribution to the conversation about post-process theory. Along this lineage are swirling constellations of metaphors – ecology, dancing, networks, even parasites – and ultimately Hawk's case study of sound and music is used to illustrate how we can better conceive of composition and rhetoric."" - Todd Taylor, University of North Carolina""Hawk presents a new framework or theory of composition based on the quasi-object. By situating sound as a quasi-object, Hawk demonstrates what this framework might mean for six key terms in the field: composition, process, research, collaboration, publics, and rhetoric. This is an extraordinarily 'big idea' for the field."" - Michael Neal, Florida State University

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Book SynopsisThrough a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language.Trade Review"A rich and moving account of home and homelessness by one of the most important and distinctively original French thinkers of our time." -- -Simon Critchley The New School for Social Research "[La Nostalgie is] an erudite work in which [Cassin] incites us to make good use of this ambiguous, delightful and sometimes dangerous feeling." -L'Express "This precise and beautifully written exploration of the meaning of nostalgia (well served by the translation) is throughout, like all of Barbara Cassin's work, a meditation on languages in their plurality and their equivalence, and on translation. When we fully understand that we do not speak the logos and when we authentically experience that our language is just 'one language among others,' then we are ready to philosophize otherwise, to philosophize between languages, or, in Cassin's words, to 'philosophize in tongues.'" -- - from Souleymane Bachir Diagne's forewordTable of ContentsForeword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne Translator's Note Of Corsican Hospitality Odysseus and the Day of Return Aeneas: From Nostalgia to Exile Arendt: To Have One's Language for a Homeland Notes

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Book SynopsisHow might we speak of human life amid violence, deprivation, or disease so intrusive as to put the idea of the human into question? How can scholarship and advocacy address new forms of war or the slow, corrosive violence that belie democracy''s promise to mitigate human suffering? To Veena Das, the answers to these question lie not in foundational ideas about human nature but in a close attention to the diverse ways in which the natural and the social mutually absorb each other on a daily basis. Textures of the Ordinary shows how anthropology finds a companionship with philosophy in the exploration of everyday life. Based on two decades of ethnographic work among low-income urban families in India, Das shows how the notion of texture aligns ethnography with the anthropological tone in Wittgenstein and Cavell, as well as in literary texts. Das shows that doing anthropology after Wittgenstein does not consist in taking over a new set of terms such as forms of life,Table of ContentsPreface | xi Introduction | 1 1 Wittgenstein and Anthropology: Anticipations | 29 2 A Politics of the Ordinary: Action, Expression, and Everyday Life | 58 3 Ordinary Ethics: Take One | 96 4 Ethics, Self-Knowledge, and Words Not at Home: The Ephemeral and the Durable | 120 5 Disorders of Desire or Moral Striving? Engaging the Life of the Other | 148 6 Psychiatric Power, Mental Illness, and the Claim to the Real: Foucault in the Slums of Delhi | 173 7 The Boundaries of the “We”: Cruelty, Responsibility, and Forms of Life | 198 8 A Child Disappears: Law in the Courts, Law in the Interstices of Everyday Life | 216 9 Of Mistakes, Errors, and Superstition: Reading Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer | 246 10 Concepts Crisscrossing: Anthropology and Knowledge-Making | 275 11 The Life of Concepts: In the Vicinity of Dying | 307 Acknowledgments | 333 Notes | 337 References | 373 Index | 403

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDelightfully engaging ... this book contains a wealth of hard facts about Chinese." —Canadian Journal of Linguistics"DeFrancis's book is first rate. It entertains. It teaches. It demystifies. It counteracts popular ignorance as well as sophisticated (cocktail party) ignorance. Who could ask for anything more? There is no other book like it. ... It is one of a kind, a first, and I would not only buy it but I would recommend it to friends and colleagues, many of whom are visiting China now and are adding 'two-week-expert' ignorance to the two kinds that existed before. This is a book for everyone." —Joshua A. Fishman, research professor of social sciences, Yeshiva University, New York"Professor De Francis has produced a work of great effectiveness that should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. It is at once instructive and entertaining. While being delighted by the flair of his novel approach, the reader will also be led to ponder on some of the most fundamental problems concerning the relations between written languages and spoken languages. Specifically, he will be served a variety of information on the languages of East Asia, not as dry pedantic facts, but as appealing tidbits that whet the intellectual appetite. The expert will find much to reflect on in this book, for Professor DeFrancis takes nothing for granted." —William S.Y. Wang, professor of linguistics, University of California at Berkeley

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