Description
Book SynopsisThis concise and affordable anthology is designed for use as a textbook in both undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy of language. It aims to provide a core of essential primary sources and may be used either on its own, or in conjunction with a secondary source.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface
I. Syntax and Semantics
(The System Perspective)
- Noam Chomsky, “Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin and Use”
- Gottlob Frege, “Ueber Sinn und Bedeutung”
- Bertrand Russell, “Descriptions”
- Donald Davidson, “Truth and Meaning”
- Saul Kripke, “Identity and Necessity”
II. Mental States and Linguistic Content
(The Knowledge Perspective)
A. Meanings and Ideas
- H. Paul Grice, “Meaning”
- Jerry A. Fodor, “Propositional Attitudes”
- Daniel C. Dennett, “Three Kinds of Intentional Psychology”
B. Skeptical Worries
- W.V. Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Selections from Philosophical Investigations
III. Language and Speakers
(The Use Perspective)
A. Speech Acts
- John L. Austin, “Performative Utterances”
- John R. Searle, “What Is A Speech Act?”
B. Speaker’s Meaning and Reference
- H. Paul Grice, “Logic and Conversation”
- Peter F. Strawson, “On Referring”
- Keith Donnellan, “Reference and Definite Descriptions”
- Donald Davidson, “What Metaphors Mean”
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