Philosophy of language Books
Princeton University Press Made with Words
Book SynopsisHobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers "This book is the best short introduction to Hobbes's philosophy now available, but it's more than that. It is a meditation on the ways in which language makes politics possible, and on the reasons why language makes politics so difficult. Pettit, one of the world's leading philosophers, brings a fresh eye to the work of one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived, and he opens it up to original insights and challenging new puzzles. Above all, he shows us why Hobbes's view of the human condition as made with words still matters."--David Runciman, author of Political Hypocrisy "It might seem, then, that little more can be said about Hobbes, but Pettit's oblique analysis of the language and reasoning sheds a very distinctive light on Hobbes's political insights, and genuinely adds new ideas to an oft-trampled field. Not only do we get a clearly organized and coherent explanation of the ideas, within a convincing framework as the ideas grow from language itself to the body politic, but we instantly know we're in the hands of a writer who really knows his Hobbes: the arguments move steadily and logically through, supported by (in the best sense) eclectic quotations from the original works (all in English, since some of them originally appeared in Latin)."--Stuart Hannabuss, Library Review "In this brief, clearly written book, Pettit argues that Hobbes believes language is a human invention. With language comes the ability to imaginatively project oneself into the future, to reason, and to contract and coordinate with others... Thus, Pettit maintains that Hobbes's state of nature is not and cannot be precultural, but is rather a condition in which people have culture and language but no government. An interesting implication of Pettit's view is that the common interpretation of Hobbes--that people's selfish untamed nature leads to social conflict--is mistaken: the invention of language and subsequent warping of people's desires are what ultimately cause conflict in the state of nature."--J. H. Spense, Adrian College, for CHOICE "Philip Pettit is pre-eminent among political philosophers for integrating the study of language, of human nature and of such things as the nature of rules an meaning. He has found a kindred spirit in Thomas Hobbes and has written an enjoyable and generous account of Hobbes' remarkably prescient explorations of similar themes... Beautifully clear, consistently interesting."--Simon Blackburn, Times Higher Education "Despite its brevity, this book is dense in its arguments, filled with trenchant phrases, and effective in its recreation of Hobbes' theory as grounded on the invention of language and thereby reason, the bright side of language."--Arlene W. Saxonhouse, European Legacy "Mr. Pettit's brief, incisive study will arouse the attention of political philosophers as well as historians and linguists."--Arnd Bohm, Scriblerian "By inserting Hobbes' philosophy of language into the heart of his theory of human nature and politics, Pettit has not only decisively closed the gap between two usually far too distinct scholarly domains, but he has also adverted to the major concern with language that preoccupied early-modern philosophers in general."--Hannah Dawson, Hobbes StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter One: Mind in Nature 9 Chapter Two: Minds with Words 24 Chapter Three: Using Words to Ratiocinate 42 Chapter Four: Using Words to Personate 55 Chapter Five: Using Words to Incorporate 70 Chapter Six: Words and the Warping of Appetite 84 Chapter Seven: The State of Second, Worded Nature 98 Chapter Eight: The Commonwealth of Ordered Words 115 Summary 141 Notes 155 References 169 Index 177
£25.20
Princeton University Press Mere Possibilities
Book SynopsisIt seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed. This title develops a framework for clarifying this problem, and explores a number of actualist strategies for solving it.Trade Review"Stalnaker does us a service by illustrating the value--indeed, the philosophical necessity--of working from a conception of the models of possible-world semantic theories that is appropriately extensive, explicit, and nuanced. But prospective readers can also expect a great deal more than that from the serious study that this fine work both requires and repays."--John Divers, Philosophical Quarterly "Mere Possibilities is a rich and subtle text that might be connected in any number of ways to the literature on possible-world semantics and its relationship to metaphysics... Stalnaker does us a service by illustrating the value--indeed, the philosophical necessity--of working from a conception of the models of possible-world semantic theories that is appropriately extensive, explicit, and nuanced. But prospective readers can also expect a great deal more than that from the serious study that this fine work both requires and repays."--John Divers, Oxford JournalsTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1: On What There Isn't (But Might Have Been) 1 Chapter 2: Merely Possible Possible Worlds 22 Chapter 3: What Is Haecceitism, and Is It True? 52 Chapter 4: Disentangling Semantics from Metaphysics 89 Chapter 5: Modal Realism, Modal Rationalism, Modal Naturalism 126 Appendix A: Modeling Contingently Existing Propositions 136 Appendix B: Propositional Functions and Properties 139 Appendix C: A Model for a Mighty Language 149 Appendix D: Counterpart Semantics for the Cheap Haecceitist 154 References 157 Index 161
£44.00
Princeton University Press The Politics of Language
Book Synopsis
£29.75
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
£21.25
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
£14.39
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Frege Philosophy of Language Duckworth 1981
£37.99
Lexington Books What We Say Who We Are Leopold Senghor Zora Neale
Book SynopsisIn What We Say, Who We Are: Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Philosophy of Language, Parker English explores the commonality between Leopold Senghor''s concept of negritude and Zora Neale Hurston''s view of Negro expression. For English, these two concepts emphasize that a person''s view of herself is above all dictated by the way in which she talks about herself. Focusing on what he identifies as performism, English discusses the presentational/representational and externalistic/internalistic facets of performism as they relate to the ideas of Senghor and Hurston. English ends his work by closely examining Hurston''s Their Eyes Were Watching God in light of his discussion of performism, and draws new, intriguing conclusions about the extent to which Hurston''s main character exemplifies W.E.B. DuBois''s concept of double-consciousness. What We Say, Who We Are will certainly pique the interest of scholars interested in Africana studies, African-American literature, and the philosophy of language.Trade ReviewA groundbreaking exercise that demonstrates how the philosophy of language, often criticized as a purely ivory tower enterprise, may be applied in a positive manner to everyday life. Parker English helps us to interpolate the maxim, 'I am what I say,' with regard to such diverse areas as race, ethnicity, literature, music, acting, ritual, and friendship in manners that enrich our appreciation of human understanding. -- Barry Hallen, Professor of Philosophy at Morehouse College and Associate in the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African American ResTable of ContentsChapter 1: Senghor's Discussion of "Negritude" and Hurston's Discussion of "Negro Expression" Chapter 2: Performism: A View Gleaned from Senghor and from Hurston Chapter 3: Performatives and Reflexivity in Light of Hurston's Ethnography and Fiction Chapter 4: Exchanges of Speech Chapter 5: Speech and Senses of Self in Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapter 6: Performism in the World
£79.20
Lexington Books Language Time and Identity in Woolfs the Waves
Book SynopsisThis book draws out Woolfâs insights into the fundamental structures of existence and experience by showing how the empirical and contingent elements of her dramaturgy are actually in the service of a metaphysical understanding of the human condition.Trade ReviewVirginia Woolf's The Waves is notoriously considered both as an extraordinary experiment, stretching the limits of the novel towards its own collapse, and as a modernist novel par excellence. Michael Weinman's extremely detailed reading of Woolf's novel takes this paradox as a starting point for a sustained analysis of the complex ways in which the formal peculiarities of the work may offer a possibility of overcoming the theoretical impasse identified by some critics in Judith Butler's theory of the self in Excitable Speech. Structured around the theoretical scaffolding of Butler's theorization of the source of selfhood and personal identity as self-generative performance in language, this study offers a lucid and refreshing investigation of Woolf's novel, never losing sight of the heated critical debates around its sources and objects of inquiry. Chapter after chapter, the reader is led through the exploration of the novel's grappling with three main “chiasmic relations”, those of language and identity; time and narrative; unity and diversity, towards a final understanding of The Waves' supposed failures of individuation and character development as actual dramatizations of the dynamics of subjectivity, and towards the fascinating identification of the novel's main protagonist, a “conspiratorial intersubjective self”. -- Laura Scuriatti, European College of Liberal ArtsThis excellent book combines a close and faithful reading of the text with a dexterous and formidable philosophical analysis of the concepts of narrative, subjectivity, diversity, language, temporality, and selfhood in Virginia Woolf's The Waves. His sensitive reading, analysis, and development of his argument culminate in compelling fashion, delivering the clinching support for his thesis of 'conspiratorial intersubjectivity' in the final pages. Michael Weinman has succeeded in significantly extending and improving upon the critical literature, and his interpretation demonstrates philosophical depth in employing contemporary theories of subjectivity that render The Waves and its characters in novel and creative ways. His critical analysis, in turn, extends questions of human agency that are entirely relevant to wider philosophical discussion as well. Highly recommended. -- Brendan Hogan, New York UniversityOne of the most striking features of Weinman’s monograph is his level of awareness of the intricate and paradoxical dynamics which are active in this text and allow it perpetually to evade any fixed interpretation. It is in fact the ever-moving and ever-open nature of The Waves which motivates Weinman’s choice of this text for his elucidation of how philosophical inquiry and literary theory may combine in the attempt to single out the dynamics at work between language, time and identity, a multi-directional and many-sided set of relations that the author aims to explore through the constant interaction between textual analysis and philosophical investigation. Weinman proceeds through a strongly analytical method which clearly identifies, throughout the book, the purposes of the three sections which are meant, progressively, to lead to his concluding proposal to conceive The Wave. The well sustained argument carried out in this book results from a solid textual and theoretical methodology, which is evident also in the accurate definitions that Weinman constantly provides of the terms he employs, a feature which proves fundamental when dealing with major conceptual issues wherein clarity of intent and terminology are most required. At the same time, as suggested, the monograph is all but an “arid” conceptual reading of Woolf’s text. To the contrary, it exemplifies how the merging of philosophical and literary investigation proves essential for disentangling the complex matter at the heart of Woolf’s writing, and how, conversely, her texts offer us the opportunity of re-discussing and, possibly, better understanding philosophical ideas. * Woolf Studies Annual *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Performativity and subjectivity in The Waves Chapter 1: The first chiasm: Identity and Language Chapter 2: The second chiasm: Time and Narrative Chapter 3: The third chiasm: Unity and Diversity Conclusion: Intersubjective identity in The Waves Appendix: Text of “imagic themes” from Chapter 2.2
£82.80
Lexington Books Language and the Ineffable A Developmental
Book SynopsisOne''s conception of language is central in fields such as linguistics, but less obviously so in fields studying matters other than language. In Language and the Ineffable Louis S. Berger demonstrates the flaws of the received view of language and the difficulties they raise in multiple disciplines. This breakthrough study sees past failures as inevitable, since reformers retained key detrimental features of the received view. Berger undertakes a new reform, grounded in an unconventional model of individual human development. A central radical and generative feature is the premise that the neonate''s world is holistic, boundary-less, unimaginable, impossible to describein other words, ineffablecompletely distinct from what Berger calls adultocentrism. The study is a wholly original approach to epistemology, separate from the traditional interpretations offered by skepticism, idealism, and realism. The work rejects both the independence of the world and the possibility of true judgmenta startling shift in the traditional responses to the standard schema. Language and the Ineffable evolves a unique conception of language that challenges and unsettles sacrosanct beliefs, not only about language, but other disciplines as well. Berger demonstrates the framework''s potential for elucidating a wide range of problems in such diverse fields as philosophy, logic, psychiatry, general-experimental psychology, psychotherapy, and arithmetic. The reconceptualization marks a revolutionary turn in language studies that reaches across academic boundaries.Trade ReviewLouis Berger has written a book that will be of interest to philosophers and mathematicians. Berger is not a professional philosopher, but his insights about language and the logical and semantic paradoxes (see Ch. 7) are impressive. His interests are in the philosophy of language. He develops a view that he calls 'adultocentrism,' which is the highly structured and sophisticated language that adults speak, and that he contrasts with the linguistic neonatal state of the infant looked at developmentally. He cites evidence that infants have a language, but that from the perspective of the adult speaker it is incomprehensible and hence ineffable. This book is a new perspective on language and well worth reading. -- Avrum Stroll, University of California, San DiegoLouis Berger is an independent thinker who adroitly attacks the standard conception of language and language learning. His skepticism of the standard conception is well-taken, and the range of his learning is impressive in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. He is rightly skeptical about talking about the ineffable process of language acquisition. -- A. P. Martinich, University of Texas at AustinDrawing upon at least three decades of experience as a clinical psychologist and philosophical metaphysician, Louis Berger has drawn together his provocative conception of Tier 1 thinking and cast it in the context of mathematics, logic, human development, and mental health care. Written in a concise and conversational style, Berger has written his defining work for the intellectually curious and courageous. -- John Z. Sadler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry & Clinical Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter One. Background and Rationale Chapter 3 Chapter Two. The Received View of Language Chapter 4 Chapter Three. Varieties of Ineffability Chapter 5 Chapter Four. Ontogenesis, Nonduality, First Language Acquisition Chapter 6 Chapter Five. What Language Is and Does: The Tier 1 Framework Chapter 7 Chapter Six. Application 1: Psychiatry, General-Experimental Psychology, Psychotherapy Chapter 8 Chapter Seven. Application 2: Logic, Mathematics Chapter 9 Postlude
£82.80
Lexington Books The Performativity of Value On the Citability of
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSection I. Toward a Poststructuralist Theory of Value: Development of the Theoretical Approach Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Reported Speech and Citationality Section II. The Performativity of Value: Description of the Contemporary U.S. Cultural Economy Chapter 3: Citational Practices and the Performativity of Subcultural Values Ideology and Normative Citational Practice The Performativity of Subcultural Values Conclusion: Critique of the Presence of Subcultural Values Chapter 4: Citational Practices and the Performativity of Exchange Value The Citation of Cultural Commodities The Temporality of Exchange Value Conclusion Chapter 5: The Marketing of Citational Resources Markets, Measures, and the Performativity of Exchange Value The Co-Performativity of Value Conclusion Section III. Toward a Poststructuralist Critique of the Commodification of Language in the U.S. Cultural Economy Chapter 6: The Promise of Value Breaking Frame: Unsettling Exchange Value Aesthetic Negativity and Citationality The Futurity of Value Conclusion Bibliography
£99.00
Rlpg/Galleys A Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes
Book SynopsisA Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes examines how some of the classic philosophical paradoxes that have so puzzled philosophers over the centuries can be dissolved. Read argues that paradoxes such as the Sorites, Russell's Paradox and the paradoxes of time travel do not, in fact, need to be solved. Rather, using a resolute Wittgensteinian therapeutic' method, the book explores how virtually all apparent philosophical paradoxes can be diagnosed and dissolved through examining their conditions of arising; to loosen their grip and therapeutically liberate those philosophers suffering from them (including oneself). The book contrasts such paradoxes with real, lived paradoxes': paradoxes that are genuinely experienced outside of the philosopher's study, in everyday life. Thus Read explores instances of lived paradox (such as paradoxes of self-hatred and of denial of other humans' humanity) and the harm they can cause, psychically, morally or politically. These lived paradoxes, he argues, sometimes cannot be dissolved using a Wittgensteinian treatment. Moreover, in some cases they do not need to be: for some, such as the paradoxical practices of Zen Buddhism (and indeed of Wittgenstein himself), can in fact be beneficial. The book shows how, once philosophers' paradoxes have been exorcized, real lived paradoxes can be given their due.Trade ReviewRupert Read seems to be a spoilsport, until you realize how serious and important his objectives are in this book. He explains away several brain-teasing paradoxes, and he uses those explanations to illustrate and illuminate themes in philosophy, in general, and Wittgenstein, in particular. However, he also investigates subjects such as racism and self-hatred that greatly affect our lives outside of the classroom or study. -- Don Levi, University of OregonA fascinating study, by a major Wittgensteinian, of Wittgenstein’s seemingly paradoxical view of paradox: on one hand, mere confusion in a philosopher’s use of words; on the other, the deepest expression of our human nature. In these lively and powerfully illuminating essays, Rupert Read takes us to the very heart of Wittgenstein’s enterprise, offering one way of understanding the sense in which this crucial figure of modern thought both was and was not an anti-philosopher. -- Louis A. Sass, author of The Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic MindTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Paradoxes of (Philosophical) Delusion Part I. Away with Philosophers’ Paradoxes Chapter 1: Pre-empting Russell’s Paradox: Wittgenstein and Frege Against Logicism Chapter 2: ‘Time Travel’: The Very Idea Chapter 3: A Paradox for Chomsky: On Our Being Through and Through ‘Inside’ Language Chapter 4: Kripke’s Rule-Following Paradox - and Kripke’s Conjuring Trick Chapter 5: The Unstatability of Kripkian Scepticisms Chapter 6: Heaps of Trouble: ‘Logically Alien Thought’ and the Dissolution of “Sorites” Paradoxes Chapter 7: The Dissolution of the ‘Surprise Exam’ Paradox – and its Implications for Rational Choice Theory Part II. A Way with Lived Paradoxes Chapter 8: Swastikas and Cyborgs: The Significance of PI 420, for Reading Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations as a ‘War Book’ Chapter 9: From Moore’s Paradox to ‘Wittgenstein’s Paradox’?: On Lived Paradox in Cases of (Moral and) Mental Ill-Health Chapter 10: Lived ‘Reductio Ad Absurdum’: A Paradoxical and Proper Method of Philosophy, and of Life Chapter 11: Leaving Things As It Is (sic.): Philosophy and Life ‘After’ Wittgenstein and Zen Chapter 12: Conclusion: On Lived Paradoxes
£99.00
Lexington Books Redeeming Words and the Promise of Happiness A
Book SynopsisThis book boldly crosses traditional academic boundaries, offering an original, philosophically informed argument about the nature of language, reading and interpreting the poetry of Wallace Stevens and the novels of Vladimir Nabokov. Redeeming Words and the Promise of Happiness is a work both in literary criticism and in philosophy. The approach is strongly influenced by Walter Benjamin's philosophy of language and Theodor Adorno's aesthetic theory, but the other philosophersnotably Plato, Kant, Hegel, Emerson, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgensteinfigure significantly in the reading and interpretation. Kleinberg-Levin argues that despite its damaged, corrupted condition, language is in its very existence the bearer of a utopian or messianic promise of happiness. Moreover, he argues, by reconciling sensuous sense and intelligible sense; showing the sheer power of words to create fictional worlds and deconstruct what they have just created; and redeeming the revelatory power of wordsthe power to turn the familiar into something astonishing, strange or perplexingthe two writers in this study sustain our hope for a world of reconciled antagonisms and contradictions, evoking in the way they freely play with the sounds and meanings of words, some intimations of a new worldbut our world here, this very world, not some heavenly worldin which the promise of happiness might be redeemed. Reflecting on the poetry of Stevens, Kleinberg-Levin argues that the poet defies the correspondence theory of truth so that words may be faithful to truth as transformative and revelatory. He also argues that in the pleasure we get from the sensuous play of words, there is an anticipation of the promise of happiness that challenges the theological doctrine of an otherworldly happiness. And in reading Nabokov, Kleinberg-Levin shows how that writer inherits Mallarmé's conception of literature, causing with his word plays the sudden reduction of the fictional world he has just created to its necessary conditions of materiality. The novel is revealed as a work of fiction; we see its conditions of possibility, created and destroyed before our very eyes. But the pleasure in seeing words doing this, and the pleasure in their sensuous materiality, are intimations of the promise of happiness that language bears. Using a Kantian definition of modernism, according to which a work is modernist if it reveals and questions inherited assumptions about its necessary conditions of possibility, these studies show how and why both Stevens and Nabokov are exemplars of literary modernism.Trade ReviewFew if any philosophers have had the courage to engage the formal and conceptual difficulties of literary modernism, particularly its regulating idea that, as the poet Stèphane Mallarmé argued, language is made of words but not of the things we use words to produce: concepts, propositions, descriptions, and even expressions of feeling. Not that the literary work lacks such things, but the materiality of its language is irreducible to any of these discursive functions. On the contrary, as David Kleinberg-Levin makes clear in this remarkable book, the sensuous material of language is itself the medium of aesthetic experience as well as an experience of world-making that transforms our relation to how things are. He develops his arguments by way of careful critical readings of Wallace Stevens’s poetry and poetics and by close attention to the self-reflexive features of Vladimir Nabokov’s novels, in which developments of plot and character are always mediated by innovative wordplay and ironic comments on the forms and conventions of fiction-writing that Nabokov himself is employing. Kleinberg-Levin’s principal argument is that, contrary to a good deal of received opinion, the prominence of “sensuous materiality” in poetry and fiction is not a symptom of a decadent aestheticism but the fulfillment of a truly philosophical aesthetics: namely, the transfiguration of our everyday world into genuinely desirable forms of life. -- Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre DameIn this midst of our current troubled world, Kleinberg-Levin opens a hopeful path for us in explaining how language offers us the happiness of the transfiguration of the world that redeems, even when we have lost faith in other sources of redemption. It is even more hopeful in showing us how Wallace Stevens could find truth and transfiguration in the realm of the sensible and imaginal — a redemption faithful to the earth, as Nietzsche put it, and a more modest happiness than attempts at resolving our pain or transcending it. Nabokov, in Kleinberg-Levin’s account, playfully explores the possibilities of language to draw upon its own sensuous divinity in the materiality and density of its workings, again providing us with a resource for originating meaning, reconciling the intellectual and sensuous, and intensifying beauty. The poetry and prose examined is rich and engaging. You will feel uplifted by this book. -- Glen A. Mazis, Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Penn State HarrisburgTable of ContentsPart I. Between Wild Sense and Plain Sense: The Language of Truth in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens Chapter One: Truth Chapter Two: Reason’s Folly Chapter Three: The Realism of the Imagination Chapter Four: Word-Play: Language on Holiday Chapter Five: Redemption? Part II. Facing the Surface: Nabokov After Mallarmé Chapter Six: Modernism Chapter Seven: Mischievous Predecessors Chapter Eight: Transparencies and Metamorphoses: Nabokov’s Language Games Chapter Nine: When the Promise of Happiness Appears: Redeeming the Dust on the Surface Chapter Ten: Paradise of Memory and Imagination
£88.20
Rlpg/Galleys Invisible Language
Book SynopsisInvisible Language: Its Incalcuable Significance for Philosophy reveals that although the use of language is visible or audible, the medium employed boasts neither of these attributes. Garth L. Hallet suggests that from Plato until now, the intangibility of language has exercised a far more profound influence in philosophy than even Wittgenstein came close to demonstrating. Indeed, without that pervasive factor of language, the history of philosophy would have been undeniably different. Yet philosophy is, and can legitimately aspire to be, much more than a struggle between language and human comprehension of it. Ultimately, this book suggests that philosophy's positive possibilities, so often obscured by linguistically-inattentive practice, reach as far as human thought can reach. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Plato’s Phaedo Chapter 2: Aquinas’s Truth Chapter 3: Descartes’ Meditations Chapter 4: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason Chapter 5: James’s Pragmatism Chapter 6: Moore’s Principia Ethica Chapter 7: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Chapter 8: Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations Chapter 9: Confirmation Chapter 10: Concluding Dialectic: Philosophy’s Incalculable Possibilities
£91.80
Rlpg/Galleys Ernst Cassirer and the Autonomy of Language
Book SynopsisErnst Cassirer and the Autonomy of Language examines the central arguments in Cassirer's first volume of the Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. Gregory Moss demonstrates both how Cassirer defends language as an autonomous cultural form and how he borrows the concept of the concrete universal from G. W. F. Hegel in order to develop a concept of cultural autonomy. While Cassirer rejected elements of Hegel's methodology in order to preserve the autonomy of language, he also found it necessary to incorporate elements of Hegel's method to save the Kantian paradigm from the pitfalls of skepticism. Moss advocates for the continuing relevance of Cassirer's work on language by situating it within in the context of contemporary linguistics and contemporary philosophy. This book provides a new program for investigating Cassirer's work on the other forms of cultural symbolism in his Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, by showing how the autonomy of culture is one of the leading questions motivating Cassirer'Trade ReviewGregory Moss . . . make[s] a further contribution . . . by focusing our attention on Cassirer's philosophy of language. . . .While Moss is motivated to distance Cassirer's account from a teleology of culture in order to resolve the tension between Verticalism and Horizontalism, it seems that Cassirer can hold that culture as a whole has the end of uniting human beings and building up a common world, while still acknowledging that each symbolic form is able to do this in its own unique way. . . .Moss's broad efforts to untangle this thorny issue remind us that this is a problem anyone interested in Cassirer's philosophy of language and culture must address. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *It is a welcome event in Cassirer studies to see more work appear in English on the interpretation of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. Language as a symbolic form is, in many ways, a key to the other symbolic forms, as this interpretation by Gregory S. Moss emphasizes. Students and scholars concerned with the philosophy of language will find this work most useful. -- Donald Phillip Verene, Emory UniversityGregory S. Moss offers a careful and insightful treatment of Cassirer’s account of language within his broader philosophy of culture. Special emphasis is given on the Kantian and Hegelian roots of Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms. This is particularly important since Kant and Hegel are indispensable for any deeper understanding of Cassirer. The book is an inspiring read not only for scholars of Cassirer’s philosophy, but also for those interested in the philosophy of culture, and the history of continental philosophy in general. -- Guido Kreis, University of BonnTable of Contents1. Hegelian Psycholinguistics 2. The Copy Theory of Language 3. Kant’s Transcendental Turn 4. Humboldt’s Philosophy of Language 5. Towards the Schematism: Hegel’s Concrete Universal 6. The Concrete Universal: Symbolic Form 7. Mystical Alternatives: Heidegger and Wittgenstein 8. On the Way to Cultural Symbolism 9. Non-Human Communication 10. The A priori Synthetic Imagination 11. Symbolic Prägnanz 12. The Grammar of the Symbolic Function 13. The Logical Function of Language 14. Form as Movement: Language as Concrete Universal 15. Beyond Language: The Serial Form of Scientific Law 16. Language: the Vehicle of Self-Knowledge
£94.50
Lexington Books Metaphor and Metaphilosophy Philosophy as Combat
Book SynopsisSarah A. Mattice develops a comparative intervention in contemporary metaphilosophy. Drawing on resources from hermeneutics, cognitive linguistics, aesthetics, and Chinese philosophy, she explores how philosophical language is deeply intertwined with the definition and practice of the discipline.Trade ReviewReaders of Mattice's book will learn much and will be left with much to think about. * Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy *Metaphor and Metaphilosophy is a novel articulation of different models of philosophical activity. Mattice adeptly and fruitfully engages these models to plumb Chinese and western sources. The result is an enriched understanding of the aims and methods of philosophy and its place in contemporary life. -- Karyn Lai, University of New South WalesBravo! If every philosopher attended to the contents of this book in cross-cultural context, the discipline would almost certainly regain the stature it once had and deserves. -- Henry Rosemont, Jr., Brown UniversityThis book presents a hopeful new vision of philosophy and philosophical practice, informed throughout by a new sense of the power of metaphor. It is at once scholarly and eminently accessible, effectively modelling the new practice it persuasively presents. -- Thomas E. Jackson, University of Hawai'iTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Metaphor and Metaphilosophy Chapter Two: Philosophical Activity as Combat Chapter Three: Philosophical Activity as Play Chapter Four: Philosophical Activity as Aesthetic Experience Epilogue
£82.80
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis collection would make an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the philosophy of language. Its particular choice of readings is very good and not available in any other collection; its conceptualization of the subject and focus is extremely well suited for its intended audience, and the editors' introductions are substantive and helpful. -- Stephen Schiffer, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Part I: Language, Meaning, and Truth Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 5 A. The Nature of Language Chapter 6 Chapter 1. Philosophical Investigations (excerpts) Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Rules and Representations (excerpt) Chapter 8 B. Truth, Meaning, and the Indeterminacy of Translation Chapter 9 Chapter 3. The Semantic Conception of Truth Chapter 10 Chapter 4. Semantics for Natural Languages Chapter 11 Chapter 5. Indeterminacy of Translation Again Chapter 12 C. Meaning as Intention Chapter 13 Chapter 6. Meaning Chapter 14 D. Meaning Chapter 15 Chapter 7. Meaning, Use and Truth Part 16 Part II:Meaning and Reference Chapter 17 Introduction Chapter 18 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 19 A. Proper Names Chapter 20 Chapter 8. On Sense and Reference Chapter 21 Chapter 9. Naming and Necessity (Lecture II) Chapter 22 B. Definite Descriptions Chapter 23 Chapter 10. Descriptions Chapter 24 Chapter 11. Reference and Definite Descriptions Chapter 25 Chapter 12. Descriptions (excerpt) Chapter 26 C. Demonstratives and Indexicals Chapter 27 Chapter 13. Demonstratives (excerpt) Chapter 28 Chapter 14. Understanding Demonstratives Part 29 Part III: Semantic Content Chapter 30 Introduction Chapter 31 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 32 A. Content: Direct-Reference Theory vs. Fregean Semantics Chapter 33 Chapter 15. Frege's Puzzle (excerpt) Chapter 34 Chapter 16. De Re Senses Chapter 35 B. A Puzzle About Belief Ascriptions Chapter 36 Chapter 17. A Puzzle about Belief (excerpt) Chapter 37 Chapter 18. What Puzzling Pierre Does Not Believe Chapter 38 C. The Internalism/Externalism Debate Chapter 39 Chapter 19. Meaning and Reference Chapter 40 Chapter 20. Are Meanings in the Head? Chapter 41 Chapter 21. The Social Character of Meaning Chapter 42 D. Externalism and Knowledge Chapter 43 Chapter 22. Anti-individualism and Privileged Access Chapter 44 Chapter 23. What an Anti-Individualist Knows A Priori Part 45 Part IV: Convention, Intention, and the Pragmatics of Language Chapter 46 Introduction Chapter 47 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 48 A. Speech Acts and Convention Chapter 49 Chapter 24. Performative - Constative Chapter 50 B. Speech Acts and Speaker Meaning Chapter 51 Chapter 25. Intention and Convention in Speech Acts Chapter 52 Chatper 26. Meaning (excerpt) Chapter 53 C. Speech Acts and Evolution Chapter 54 Chapter 27. Pushmi-Pullyu Representations Chapter 55 D. Conversational Implicature and Metaphor Chapter 56 Chapter 28. Logic and Conversation Chapter 57 Chapter 29. What Metaphors Mean
£116.10
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisThis collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays by philosophers such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Grice, Davidson, Strawson, Austin, and Putnam, as well as more recent contributions by scholars including John McDowell, Stephen Neale, Ruth Millikan, Stephen Schiffer, Paul Horwich, and Anthony Brueckner, among others, who are on the leading edge of innovation in this increasingly influential area of philosophy. The result is a lively mix of readings, together with the editors'' discussions of the material, which provides a rigorous introduction to the subject.Trade ReviewThis collection would make an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the philosophy of language. Its particular choice of readings is very good and not available in any other collection; its conceptualization of the subject and focus is extremely well suited for its intended audience, and the editors' introductions are substantive and helpful. -- Stephen Schiffer, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Part I: Language, Meaning, and Truth Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 5 A. The Nature of Language Chapter 6 Chapter 1. Philosophical Investigations (excerpts) Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Rules and Representations (excerpt) Chapter 8 B. Truth, Meaning, and the Indeterminacy of Translation Chapter 9 Chapter 3. The Semantic Conception of Truth Chapter 10 Chapter 4. Semantics for Natural Languages Chapter 11 Chapter 5. Indeterminacy of Translation Again Chapter 12 C. Meaning as Intention Chapter 13 Chapter 6. Meaning Chapter 14 D. Meaning Chapter 15 Chapter 7. Meaning, Use and Truth Part 16 Part II:Meaning and Reference Chapter 17 Introduction Chapter 18 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 19 A. Proper Names Chapter 20 Chapter 8. On Sense and Reference Chapter 21 Chapter 9. Naming and Necessity (Lecture II) Chapter 22 B. Definite Descriptions Chapter 23 Chapter 10. Descriptions Chapter 24 Chapter 11. Reference and Definite Descriptions Chapter 25 Chapter 12. Descriptions (excerpt) Chapter 26 C. Demonstratives and Indexicals Chapter 27 Chapter 13. Demonstratives (excerpt) Chapter 28 Chapter 14. Understanding Demonstratives Part 29 Part III: Semantic Content Chapter 30 Introduction Chapter 31 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 32 A. Content: Direct-Reference Theory vs. Fregean Semantics Chapter 33 Chapter 15. Frege's Puzzle (excerpt) Chapter 34 Chapter 16. De Re Senses Chapter 35 B. A Puzzle About Belief Ascriptions Chapter 36 Chapter 17. A Puzzle about Belief (excerpt) Chapter 37 Chapter 18. What Puzzling Pierre Does Not Believe Chapter 38 C. The Internalism/Externalism Debate Chapter 39 Chapter 19. Meaning and Reference Chapter 40 Chapter 20. Are Meanings in the Head? Chapter 41 Chapter 21. The Social Character of Meaning Chapter 42 D. Externalism and Knowledge Chapter 43 Chapter 22. Anti-individualism and Privileged Access Chapter 44 Chapter 23. What an Anti-Individualist Knows A Priori Part 45 Part IV: Convention, Intention, and the Pragmatics of Language Chapter 46 Introduction Chapter 47 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 48 A. Speech Acts and Convention Chapter 49 Chapter 24. Performative - Constative Chapter 50 B. Speech Acts and Speaker Meaning Chapter 51 Chapter 25. Intention and Convention in Speech Acts Chapter 52 Chatper 26. Meaning (excerpt) Chapter 53 C. Speech Acts and Evolution Chapter 54 Chapter 27. Pushmi-Pullyu Representations Chapter 55 D. Conversational Implicature and Metaphor Chapter 56 Chapter 28. Logic and Conversation Chapter 57 Chapter 29. What Metaphors Mean
£57.60
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Chomsky Language Mind and Politics
Book Synopsisaeo A clear and comprehensive introduction to Chomskya s work, dealing with his contributions to linguistics, philosophy, social and political thought. aeo Describes Chomskya s rationalist view of mind and human nature in a more systematic way than Chomsky himself has and investigates why this view is the most plausible one.Trade Review'This is the best all around introduction to Chomsky's work that I know of. However, it is far more than an introduction. It is an ambitious synthesis of all parts of Chomsky's views written in a manner accessible to a beginner yet thought provoking for those deeply immersed in Chomskyana. It considers Chomsky's work in the wider context of cultural and classical philosophical views on human nature, knowledge and mind. In addition, McGilvray shuns no part of Chomsky's vast work. He provides accessible and illuminating discussions of both his theoretical work in grammar, his philosophical views on the structure of mind and his political views. I recommend McGilvray's work both to neophytes interested in an introduction to Chomsky's thought and to experts interested in an illuminating discussion of "how it all hangs together".' Professor Norbert Hornstein, University of Maryland 'This well written and insightful book explains accurately Chomsky's ideas about mind, language, and social ideas. Its presentation of key concepts is accessible to laypersons and is informative to the experts as well. Chomsky's key contributions to philosophy and the social sciences are well articulated. The book should be read by the general public, and all philosophers and social scientists.' Professor Julius Moravcsik, Department of Philosophy, University of StanfordTable of ContentsAbbreviations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Common Sense and Science. 2. Mapping the Mind. 3. Poverty, Creativity, and Making the World. 4. Languages and the Science of Language. 5. How to Make an Expression. 6. Meanings and Their Use. 7. Anarchosyndicalism and the Responsible Intellectual. 8. Human Nature and Ideal Social Organization. Notes. References. Index.
£28.69
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Taste for the Secret
Book SynopsisIn this series of dialogues, Derrida discusses and elaborates on some of the central themes of his work, such as the problems of genesis, justice, authorship and death. Combining autobiographical reflection with philosophical enquiry, Derrida illuminates the ideas that have characterized his thought from its beginning to the present day.Trade ReviewJacques Derrida has been awarded the prestigious Theodor W. Adorno-Preis, 2001 "This discussion - both autobiographical and intellectual - is one of the very clearest introductions to Derrida's work." Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsSecretaire: Jacques Derrida and Maurizio Ferraris. 'A Taste for the Secret': Jacques Derrida. 'What is There?': Maurizio Ferraris. Part I:. 1. Index. 2. Thing. 3. This. 4. Writing. Part II:. 1. Form. 2. Name. 3. Logos. Part III:. 1. Line. 2. Tabula. 3. Chôra. 4. Geometry. Part IV:. 1. Third. 2. Reason. 3. Absolute. Bibliography.
£49.50
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.
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Quentin Skinner
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today. Quentin Skinner''s treatment of political theory as a dimension of political life marks a revolutionary move in the historical as well as the philosophical study of political thought. Skinner brings the study of political theory closer to the language of agents and treats theorists as politicians of a special kind. This is as true of his accounts of his contemporaries, such as Rawls, Rorty, Geertz and Habermas, as it is of his interpretations of classical thinkers such as Machiavelli and Hobbes. Skinner has become internationally renowned for this approach, which ties together historical and contemporary analysis in order to integrate the study of the past and the present, and which tries fully to uncover the historical context and development of key concepts in political theory such as freedom and the state. ThisTrade Review‘Skinner and Palonen between them have explained, more deeply than anyone, the relation between writing the history of political thoughts and thinking about politics in history.’ John Pocock, Professor Emeritus, John Hopkins University ‘Kari Palonen’s impressive knowledge of twentieth-century European historiography creates an appropriately broad canvas for this fine study of the Cambridge contextual historian Quentin Skinner as a political theorist in the grand tradition. Palonen shows to what degree Skinner’s projects belong to the world post Nietzsche and post Wittgenstein, which give priority to “life” and the “lived experience” over theory and scholastic history (or historicism). For the modern homo politicus no longer speaks “ for eternity”, but as a person of his/her own time. It is in this very special sense that context and text belong together: as the ground, and perhaps the only ground, against which human actions now have meaning’. Patricia Springborg, University of SydneyTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. A Revolution in the Study of Political Thought. 1.2. A Political Reading. Chapter 2. History as an Argument. 2.1. Death of Political Philosophy?. 2.2. The Defence of the Historian: Laslett and Pocock. 2.3. The ‘historical’ as a criterion. 2.4. The Politics of History. Chapter 3. Theories as Moves. 3.1. Intelligibility of Politics as Activity. 3.2. The Action Perspective on Political Thought. 3.3. Ideas and Concepts as Moves in Argument. 3.4. Conventions and intentions. 3.5. Legitimation of Action. 3.6. The Innovating Ideologist. 3.7. Linguistic Action and its Legitimation. Chapter 4. The Foundations: a History of Theory Politics. 4.1. Genres of Studying Political Thought. 4.2. Why "Foundations"?. 4.3. The Matrix of Questions. 4.4. Ideologies and Legitimation. 4.5. The Formation of the Concept of the State. 4.6. From the History of Ideas Towards a History of Concepts. 4.7. The Skinnerian Revolution. Chapter 5. Rethinking Political Liberty. 5.1. Liberty as a Contested Concept Par Excellence. 5.2. Revising the Conceptual History of Liberty. 5.3. Liberty of the City-Republics. 5.4. Machiavelli as a Philosopher of Liberty. 5.5. Hobbes on Natural Liberty and the Liberty of Subjects. 5.6. The Neo-roman Theorists: Liberty vs. Dependence. 5.7. Intervention in the Contemporary Debate. 5.8. A Profile on the History and Theory of Liberty. Chapter 6. From Philosophy to Rhetoric. 6.1. The Rise of Rhetoric. 6.2. Rhetorical Philosophy: Wittgenstein and Austin. 6.3. Skinner’s Critique of Philosophy. 6.4. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Hobbes. 6.5. The rhetorical Culture of the Renaissance. 6.6. Rhetoric and the Critique of Philosophy. 6.7. Conceptual Change: from Speech Acts to Rhetoric. 6.8. Skinner and Rhetoric Studies Today. Chapter 7. Quentin Skinner as a Contemporary Thinker. 7.1 The Intellectual Profile. 7.2. A vision of Time. References.
£52.25
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
£49.50
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
£16.14
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
£49.50
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
Edinburgh University Press Deconstruction
Book SynopsisThis is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts.Trade ReviewProbably the best reader on deconstruction available today...Anyone interested in broadening their idea of what is at stake in deconstruction cannot afford to ignore this volume...A must for philosophy and literature courses. An extensive collection of passages by a wide variety of authors. I welcome this volume warmly as important and significant. This is an excellent volume. McQuillan has balanced nicely well-known texts by Derrida or others with texts that are hard to find, untranslated into English, or even still unpublished. A very useful volume not only for those who need an introduction to deconstruction, but as well for scholars who will be able quickly to find these essays and discover others they did not know. -- Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California Probably the best reader on deconstruction available today...Anyone interested in broadening their idea of what is at stake in deconstruction cannot afford to ignore this volume...A must for philosophy and literature courses. An extensive collection of passages by a wide variety of authors. I welcome this volume warmly as important and significant. This is an excellent volume. McQuillan has balanced nicely well-known texts by Derrida or others with texts that are hard to find, untranslated into English, or even still unpublished. A very useful volume not only for those who need an introduction to deconstruction, but as well for scholars who will be able quickly to find these essays and discover others they did not know.Table of ContentsDeconstruction: A Reader; Edited by Martin McQuillan; Contents:; Acknowledgements; A Map of This Book; Introduction; Martin McQuillan, 'Five Strategies for Deconstruction'.; Avant la Lettre; Karl Marx, from Capital.; Sigmund Freud, 'A Note on the Mystic Writing Pad'.; Georges Bataille, 'Restricted and General Economy'.; Walter Benjamin, 'Critique of Violence'.; Martin Heidegger, 'The Task of Destroying the History of Ontology'.; Edmond Jabes, 'The Moment After'.; Paul Valery, 'In Praise of Water'.; Maurice Blanchot, 'On Friendship'.; 1. Opening Remarks; Jacques Derrida, 'A Number of Yes'.; 2. Philosophy; Christopher Norris, 'The Metaphysics of Presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure'.; Richard Rorty, 'Philosophy as a Kind of Writing'.; Rodolph Gasche, 'Deconstruction as Criticism'.; Geoffrey Bennington, 'Genuine Gasche (Perhaps)'.; Simon Critchley 'Black Socrates? Questioning the Philosophical Tradition'.; Jean-Francois Lyotard, 'Discussions, or Phrasing 'After Auschwitz".; 3. Literature; J. Hillis Miller, 'Derrida's Topographies'.; Paul de Man, 'Autobiography as De-Facement'.; Derek Attridge, 'Ghost Writing'.; Nicholas Royle, 'The Phantom Review'.; Catherine Belsey, 'Hamlet's Dilemma'.; Peggy Kamuf, 'The Ghosts of Critique and Deconstruction'.; 4. Culture; Geoffrey Bennington, 'Deconstruction is Not What you Think'.; Andrew Benjamin, 'Derrida, Architecture and Philosophy'.; Bernard Tschumi, 'Violence of Architecture'.; Richard Beardsworth, 'Thinking Technicity'.; Avital Ronell, 'Towards a Narcoanalysis'.; Judith Butler, 'Implicit Censorship and Discursive Agency'.; Fred Botting and Scott Wilson, 'Homoeconopoeisis 1'.; 5. Sexual Difference; Diane Elam, 'Unnecessary Introductions'.; Robert Young, 'The Same Difference: Deconstruction and the Theory of Sexual Difference'.; Barbara Johnson, 'Gender Theory and the Yale School'.; Rachel Bowlby, 'Domestication'.; Alexander Duttmann, 'Recognising The Virus'.; Helene Cixous, 'What Is It O'Clock? or The door (we never enter)'.; 6. Psychoanalysis; Geoffrey Hartman, 'Psychoanalysis: The French Connection'.; Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, from The Wolf Man's Magic Word.; Samuel Weber, 'The Sideshow, or: Remarks on a Canny Moment'.; Nicholas Royle, 'The Remains of Psychoanalysis (i): Telapathy'.; David Wills, from Prosthesis.; 7. Politics; Michael Ryan, 'Derrida and Marx'.; Willy Maley, 'Specters of Engels'.; Bill Readings, 'The Deconstruction of Politics'.; Gayatri Spivak, 'Practical Politics of the Open End'.; Ernesto Laclau, 'Why Do Empty Signifiers Matter in Politics?'; Homi K Bhabha, 'Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse'.; 8. Ethics; Emmanuel Levinas, 'Jacques Derrida: Wholly Otherwise'.; Robert Bernasconi, 'The Trace of Levinas in Derrida'.; Drucilla Cornell, 'Post-Structuralism, The Ethical Relation and the Law'.; Philipe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'In the Name of!'; Jean-Luc Nancy, 'What is to be Done?'; John D Caputo, 'God Is Not Differance'; 9. The Work of Mourning; Jacques Derrida, '(In Memorium) Paul de Man'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Text Read at Louis Althusser's Funeral'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Adieu: Emmanuel Levinas'.; Jacques Derrida, 'I'm going to have to wander all alone: Gilles Deleuze'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Friendship-Above-All: Jean-Francois Lyotard'.; 10. Closing Statements; Jacques Derrida and Pierre Mendes France, 'Open Letter to Bill Clinton'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Telepathy'.; Jacques Derrida, 'The Deconstruction of Actuality: An Interview with Jacques Derrida'.; Bibliographies; Bibliography I: Jacques Derrida; Bibliography II: Key Publications of Contributing Authors; Acknowledgements.
£130.50
Edinburgh University Press Language and Power in the Modern World
Book SynopsisThis book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections: Language and the Media; Language and Organisations; Language and Gender; Language and Youth; and Multilingualism, Identity and Ethnicity.Trade ReviewThis book is a welcome synthesis of the topic of language and power in our modern world. It succinctly brings together a variety of work that forms an integrated picture of the topics, work that is of theoretical importance and practical use for a critical study of language and power. It will provide a useful resource for a variety of sociolinguistics courses devoted partially or wholly to the issues it covers, as well as an important introduction to the growing field of CDA. This book is a welcome synthesis of the topic of language and power in our modern world. It succinctly brings together a variety of work that forms an integrated picture of the topics, work that is of theoretical importance and practical use for a critical study of language and power. It will provide a useful resource for a variety of sociolinguistics courses devoted partially or wholly to the issues it covers, as well as an important introduction to the growing field of CDA.Table of ContentsLanguage and the Media; Language and Organisations; Language and Gender; Language and Youth; Multilingualism, Identity and Ethnicity.
£27.90
Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.
£99.00
Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.Trade ReviewDue to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. Year's Work in English Studies ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed. -- Anca Gata LINGUIST list Due to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press Untimely Politics
Book SynopsisChallenging the linear view of history which confines or predetermines the outcome of politics, this book argues for an 'untimely' politics, rendering the past problematic and the future unpredictable.Trade ReviewThis tough-minded book considers the politics of political theory... Admirably clear in dealing with difficult concepts, this book will interest theorists looking to deepen the critical project of 'poststructuralism'! This is a lively book, a good addition to EUP's admirably left-field series 'Taking on the Political', and Chambers is certainly 'one to watch'. [A] splendid and, yes, timely book This is an excitingly disruptive book. It offers a substantial thesis in philosophy and then employs it productively. It is lucid, argumentative and topical. It wastes no words. Packs a powerful intellectual punch that should at a minimum produce a thoughtful pause in an important debate about the status of contemporary theory and its relevance to political life. This tough-minded book considers the politics of political theory... Admirably clear in dealing with difficult concepts, this book will interest theorists looking to deepen the critical project of 'poststructuralism'! This is a lively book, a good addition to EUP's admirably left-field series 'Taking on the Political', and Chambers is certainly 'one to watch'. [A] splendid and, yes, timely book This is an excitingly disruptive book. It offers a substantial thesis in philosophy and then employs it productively. It is lucid, argumentative and topical. It wastes no words. Packs a powerful intellectual punch that should at a minimum produce a thoughtful pause in an important debate about the status of contemporary theory and its relevance to political life.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: 'Time is Out of Joint'; Chapter 1: Language and the 'Burden' of Politics; Chapter 2: Experience Language, Broaching Untimeliness; Chapter 3: Spectral History, Untimely Theory; Chapter 4: Untimely Reading: Foucault's Evasive Maneuvers; Chapter 5: Untimely Agency: Having the Historical Sense to 'Bypass' Psychoanalytic Theory; Chapter 6: The Untimely Politics of DOMA; Bibliography.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Gilles Deleuzes Logic of Sense
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics.Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the logic of sense* Event and structure* Life and morals* Reading Logic of Sense* Preliminary critical questionsChapter 2. Language and event* Events as effects* Unfolding the circle of the proposition: denotation, manifestation, signification and sense* Sense and the circle* Series and paradox* Structure and esoteric words* Paradox and nonsenseChapter 3. Philosophy as event* Philosophy and diagrams* Height, depth and surface* Individuals* Singularities and sense* Transcendental deductions* Singularities and series* Problems* The connection of events* The ideal game* Static genesis* Deleuze and HusserlChapter 4. Morals and events* Placing the human* Principles for moral problems* How moral problems are replayed* How to act morally (principles)* How to act morally (examples)* The crack-up* Individuals, solipsism and the communication of events* Time and univocityChapter 5. Thought and the unconscious* The thinker deposed* Thought and problems* Seriation and the phantasm* Thought and sexuality* Dynamic genesisChapter 6. Conclusion: on method and metaphysicsBibliography
£103.50
Edinburgh University Press Gilles Deleuzes Logic of Sense
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics.Trade ReviewJames Williams has an amazing talent for extracting simple and important questions out of an apparently abstruse argument. He does so at regular intervals, so that the reader is able to grasp Deleuze's argument as it unfolds. This book will be essential reading for whoever wants to master Deleuze's philosophical project. -- Jean-Jacques LecercleTable of ContentsContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the logic of sense* Event and structure* Life and morals* Reading Logic of Sense* Preliminary critical questionsChapter 2. Language and event* Events as effects* Unfolding the circle of the proposition: denotation, manifestation, signification and sense* Sense and the circle* Series and paradox* Structure and esoteric words* Paradox and nonsenseChapter 3. Philosophy as event* Philosophy and diagrams* Height, depth and surface* Individuals* Singularities and sense* Transcendental deductions* Singularities and series* Problems* The connection of events* The ideal game* Static genesis* Deleuze and HusserlChapter 4. Morals and events* Placing the human* Principles for moral problems* How moral problems are replayed* How to act morally (principles)* How to act morally (examples)* The crack-up* Individuals, solipsism and the communication of events* Time and univocityChapter 5. Thought and the unconscious* The thinker deposed* Thought and problems* Seriation and the phantasm* Thought and sexuality* Dynamic genesisChapter 6. Conclusion: on method and metaphysicsBibliography
£26.99
Edinburgh University Press Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis book offers introductory entries on 80 ideas that have shaped the study of language up to the present day. Entries are written by experts in the fields of linguistics and the philosophy of language to reflect the full range of approaches and modes of thought. Each entry includes a brief description of the idea, an account of its development, and its impact on the field of language study. The book is written in an accessible style with clear descriptions of technical terms, guides to further reading, and extensive cross-referencing between entries. A useful additional feature of this book is that it is cross-referenced throughout with Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (Edinburgh, 2005), revealing significant connections and continuities in the two related disciplines. Ideas covered range from Sense Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Logic, through Generative Semantics, Cognitivism, and Conversation Analysis, to Political Correctness, Deconstruction, and Corpora.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Acceptability/Grammaticality; Adequacy; Ambiguity/Vagueness; Analytic Philosophy; Analytic/Synthetic; Artificial Intelligence; Behaviourism; Cognitivism; Compositionality; Connotation/Denotation; Continuity; Conventional Meaning; Conversation Analysis; Corpora; Correspondence Theory; Creativity; Deconstruction; Deduction/Induction; Definite Descriptions; Descriptivism; (Critical) Discourse Analysis; Distinctive Features; Emic/Etic; Empiricism/Rationalism; Feminism; Generative Phonology; Generative Semantics; Glossematics; Holism; Ideational Theories; Implicature; Indeterminacy; Innateness; Integrationism; Intentionality; Intuition; Language Games; Language of Thought; Langue/Parole; Linguistic Relativity; Linguistic Variable; Logic; Logical Form; Logical Positivism; Mentalism; Metaphor; Minimalism; Modality; Model Theoretic Semantics; Names; Nonnatural Meaning; Optimality Theory; Ordinary Language Philosophy; Performatives; Phoneme; Politeness; Political Correctness; Port Royal Logic; Possible World Semantics; Poststructuralism; Presupposition; Private Language; Propositional Attitudes; Propositions; Prototype; Psychoanalysis; Relevance Theory; Sense Data; Sense/Reference; Signs and Semiotics; Situational Semantics; Speech act theory; Structuralism; Systemic-Functional Grammar; Transformational-Generative; Grammar; Truth Theories; Truth Value; Type/Token; Universal Grammar; Use/Mention; Index.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press Humboldt Worldview and Language
Book SynopsisWith the loss of many of the world''s languages, it is important to question what will be lost to humanity with their demise. It is frequently argued that a language engenders a ''worldview'', but what do we mean by this term? Attributed to German politician and philologist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), the term has since been adopted by numerous linguists. Within specialist circles it has become associated with what is known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis which suggests that the nature of a language influences the thought of its speakers and that different language patterns yield different patterns of thought.Underhill''s concise and rigorously researched book clarifies the main ideas and proposals of Humboldt''s linguistic philosophy and demonstrates the way his ideas can be adopted and adapted by thinkers and linguists today. A detailed glossary of terms is provided in order to clarify key concepts and to translate the German terms used by Humboldt.Trade Review"'A thoughtful and helpful contribution on an important topic.' (Modern Language Review)"
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press Language and Logics
Book SynopsisTaking the linguistics students beyond the classical logic used in introductory courses into the variety of non standard logics that are commonly used in research, this book embraces a variety of material, including modal logic, partial logic, situation semantics and the growing area of the substructural logics, starting with simple and more.
£23.74
Edinburgh University Press A Process Philosophy of Signs
Book SynopsisJames Williams sets out a new process philosophy of signs where signs are processes, not fixed relations. He develops his argument through a formal model and a series of case studies. He engages in dialogue with the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, and in critical discussion with contemporary and historical theories of the sign.
£22.79
Rlpg/Galleys Language and State
Book SynopsisThis book argues that a primitive society is formed on the basis of kinship ties while a civilized society is formed on the basis of language. Yu presents a new theory about the importance of language in the growth of the state.Table of ContentsPrologue Part One Language and State Formation Introduction Chapter One: People Chapter Two: Community Chapter Three: Nation Chapter Four: State Part Two Language and State Governance Introduction Chapter Five: Appellation Chapter Six: Constitution Chapter Seven: Election Chapter Eight: Representation Chapter Nine: Government Part Three Language and State Spirit Introduction Chapter Ten: History Chapter Eleven: Philosophy Chapter Twelve: Literature and Art Chapter Thirteen: Religion Chapter Fourteen: Law Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author
£82.80
Hamilton Books Language and State An Inquiry Into the Progress
Book SynopsisThis book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship, while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. Language presets the whole process of the progress of human civilization.Table of ContentsPrologue Part One: Language and State Formation Introduction Chapter One: People Chapter Two: Community Chapter Three: Nation Chapter Four: State Part Two: Language and State Governance Introduction Chapter Five: Appellation Chapter Six: Constitution Chapter Seven: Election Chapter Eight: Representation Chapter Nine: Government Part Three: Language and State Spirit Introduction Chapter Ten: History Chapter Eleven: Philosophy Chapter Twelve: Literature and Art Chapter Thirteen: Religion Chapter Fourteen: Law Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author
£85.50
Hamilton Books The Geography of Context
Book SynopsisWhen we use language, we presuppose many different things. Context is another name for these presuppositions. But it also can be the name of all these different presuppositions ordered in a certain way. This study of context focuses on the differences since many studies of context focus excessively on usage found in the sciences and in everyday observations. Other uses such as promising, giving directions, evaluating (i.e., ranking) all sorts of things around us, expressing our feelings, and issuing declarations (e.g., You are promoted) are equally important. The analogy of geography,' as used in this study, suggests that one important way to study context is to attend to all, not just one, of the continents found in the planet that we call context. Once we learn our geography lesson, we come to a better understanding of how context can change, how it can be ordered, and how it can be examined. We also learn how layered, and thus how complicated it is.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Text and Context Chapter 2 More Surface Material Chapter 3 Social Contexts Chapter 4 Ethical (Moral) Memories Chapter 5 Empirical Contexts Chapter 6 More Empirical and Normative Contexts Chapter 7 “Logic” and Contexts Chapter 8 Still More “Logic” Chapter 9 Expressives and Declarations Chapter 10 Putting it Together Chapter 11 Four Processes Chapter 12 Interpretation Chapter 13 Closing Thoughts Bibliography Index About the Author
£27.00
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
University of British Columbia Press Otters Journey through Indigenous Language and
Book SynopsisTold in contemporary Anishinaabe storytelling style, Otter’s Journey takes us across the globe to explore how the work in Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization.Trade Review[T]he evocative language which Borrows offers in her telling of the creation story in her introduction, in her enmeshing of the realities of language revitalization in Canada and New Zealand in Chapter Three, and especially, I find, in her experiences in the Salish Sea in Chapter Five, talking with Raven, serves to make real for me as a reader the power of the stories as conduits to ecologically, linguistically, and legally precise truths. -- Jasmine Spencer, postdoctoral fellow in linguistics, University of Victoria * Canadian Literature *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Place Where the Land Narrows / Neyaashiinigmiing2 Our Land / Nunavut3 Land of the Long White Cloud / Aotearoa4 Place of Learning / Gabe-gikendaasoowigamig5 The Salish Sea / Mayagi-Anishinaabe Kichi-Gaming6 Sky-Tinted Waters / Minnesota7 Return Home / GiiweEpilogueGlossary; Notes; Index
£29.99
State University Press of New York (SUNY) Acts of Arguing A Rhetorical Model of Argument
Book SynopsisApproaches recent innovations in argumentation theory from a primarily rhetorical perspective.The revival of argumentation theory in the past few decades has focused on its logical and dialectical dimensions, with less attention paid to rhetorical features. This book explores and then redresses this imbalance. Tindale examines important logical and dialectical innovations in recent argumentation theory and shows that they depend implicitly upon rhetorical features of argument that have been suppressed in the account. This is illustrated using two extended case studies, one looking at Shell International''s defense of its actions in Nigeria after the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the other exploring the uses of character-based argument and testimony in a Holocaust-denial text and legal trial.In addition to the case studies, two chapters treat serious problems that plague current argumentation theory. The first concerns the nature of fallacy; the second concerns the ties between traditional argumentation and a model of rationality that has been seriously critiqued by feminist and postmodernist scholars. In both instances, the discussion indicates how a rhetorical approach to argumentation offers fresh insights and suggests responses to the questions raised.
£22.96
State University Press of New York (SUNY) End of Story Toward an Annihilation of Language
Book Synopsis
£22.30
Springer Institutional Legal Facts Legal Powers and their
Book Synopsis1. The Concept of Legal Systems.- 2. Speech Acts.- 3. Acts-in-the-Law.- 4. Negative Acts-in-the-Law.- 5. Logical Relations Between Legal Norms.- 6. General Norms and Rules.- 7. Legal Institutions.- Appendix A.- Apppendix B.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.Table of ContentsPreface. 1: The Concept of Legal Systems. I. Legal Validity. II. Basic Norm versus Rule of Recognition. III. The Formal Structure of Legal Systems. IV. Widening the Concept of Legal Systems. 2: Speech Acts. I. Major Concepts of Speech Act Theory. II. Declarative Speech Acts. III. Commitments as Presentations. IV. Presentations of Attempts and Purposes. V. Classification of Declarative Speech Acts. 3: Acts-in-the-Law. I. Testing the Classification of Declarative Speech Acts. II. Norms of Competence. 4: Negative Acts-in-the-Law. I. Illocutionary Denegation. II. Revocation and Invalidation. 5: Logical Relations between Legal Norms. I. Legal Norms. II. Acts-in-the-Law. 6: General Norms and Rules. I. General Norms and Rules of Conduct. II. General Norms and Rules. III. Abstract Acts-in-the-Law. 7: Legal Institutions. I. From Institutional Legal Fact to Legal Institution. II. Institutions and Legal Systems. Appendix A. Appendix B. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
£85.49
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.
£161.99
Springer Ludwig Wittgenstein HalfTruths and OneandaHalfTruths 1 Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers
Book SynopsisWittgenstein was far too impatient to explain in his books and book drafts what his problems were, what it was that he was trying to get clear about. For one important instance, in The Brown Book, Wittgenstein had explained in some detail what name-object relationships amount to in his view.Table of Contents1. An Impatient Man and His Papers. 2. An Anatomy of Wittgenstein's Picture Theory. 3. The Idea of Phenomenology in Wittgenstein and Husserl. 4. Die Wende der Philosophie: Wittgenstein's New Logic of 1928. 5. (with Merrill B. Hintikka) Wittgenstein's annus mirabilis: 1929. 6. Ludwig's Apple Tree: On the Philosophical Relations between Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle. 7. The Original Sinn of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics. 8. (with Merrill B. Hintikka) Ludwig Looks at the Necker Cube: The Problem of `Seeing As' as a Clue to Wittgenstein's Philosophy. 9. Wittgenstein as a Philosopher of Immediate Experience. 10. Wittgenstein and the Problem of Phenomenology. 11. Wittgenstein on Being and Time. 12. Language-Games. 13. (with Merrill B. Hintikka) Wittgenstein: Some Perspectives on the Development of His Thought. 14. Rules, Games and Experiences: Wittgenstein's Discussion of Rule-Following in the Light of His Development. 15. (with Merrill B. Hintikka) Different Language Games in Wittgenstein. 16. (with Merrill B. Hintikka) Wittgenstein and "the Universal Language" of Painting.
£123.49
Stanford University Press Schools of Linguistics
Book SynopsisA Stanford University Press classic.
£22.49
Stanford University Press Intonation and Its Uses
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.
£62.90
