The purpose of this book is to give a precise meaning to the formula: English is the language of imperialism. Understanding that statement involves a critique of the dominant views of language, both in the field of linguistics (the book has a chapter criticising Chomsky’s research programme) and of the philosophy of language (the book has a chapter assessing Habermas’s philosop...(展开全部)

Alexander Miller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction (Polity Press, second edition, 2013), co-editor of Rule-Following and Meaning (Acumen, 2002) and co-editor of A Companion to the Philosophy of Language (second edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017).

This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary anal...(展开全部)

Alexander Miller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction (Polity Press, second edition, 2013), co-editor of Rule-Following and Meaning (Acumen, 2002) and co-editor of A Companion to the Philosophy of Language (second edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017).

This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analyt...(展开全部)

Philosophy of Language provides a comprehensive, meticulous survey of twentieth-century and contemporary philosophical theories of mean ing. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytic philosophy. Beginning with a sy...(展开全部)

In this book, one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field - its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundat...(展开全部)

William Payne Alston (November 29, 1921 – September 13, 2009) was an American philosopher. He made influential contributions to the philosophy of language, epistemology, and Christian philosophy. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and taught at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, University of Illinois, and Syracuse University.

William G. Lycan (1945-)，美国芝加哥大学哲学博士,现任美国北卡罗来纳大学威廉兰德·凯南教授.研究领域包括心灵哲学、语言哲学和语言学哲学、认识论、形而上学等,并且还对20世纪早期哲学、知觉、道德理论和艺术批评理论感兴趣.先后发表了50多篇论文,出版了如下八本书 ：《自然语言中的逻辑形式》(1984)、《知道是谁》(与斯蒂文·波尔合著,1986)、《意识》(1987)、《判断和证成》(1988)、《模态和意义》(1994)、《意识和经验》(1996)?《当代语言哲学导论》(2000(版),2008(2版))、《真正的条件句》(200),并编有多种专题文集。

William G. Lycan (1945-)，美国芝加哥大学哲学博士,现任美国北卡罗来纳大学威廉兰德·凯南教授.研究领域包括心灵哲学、语言哲学和语言学哲学、认识论、形而上学等,并且还对20世纪早期哲学、知觉、道德理论和艺术批评理论感兴趣.先后发表了50多篇论文,出版了如下八本书 ：《自然语言中的逻辑形式》(1984)、《知道是谁》(与斯蒂文·波尔合著,1986)、《意识》(1987)、《判断和证成》(1988)、《模态和意义》(1994)、《意识和经验》(1996)?《当代语言哲学导论》(2000(版),2008(2版))、《真正的条件句》(200),并编有多种专题文集。