Written in an outstandingly clear and lively style, this 1969 book provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.

John Searle's Speech Acts (1969) and Expression and Meaning (1979) developed a highly original and influential approach to the study of language. But behind both works lay the assumption that the philosophy of language is in the end a branch of the philosophy of the mind: speech acts are forms of human action and represent just one example of the mind's capacity to relate the h...(展开全部)

This lucid and comprehensive essay by a distinguished philosopher surveys the views of Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz, and Kant on the nature of mathematics. It examines the propositions and theories of the schools these philosophers inspired, and it concludes by discussing the relationship between mathematical theories, empirical data, and philosophical presuppositions. 1968 editio...(展开全部)

Edward Sapir was an early 20th century leader in the field of linguists. He was a leader in American structural linguistics, and one of the creators of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. His accomplishments include a substantial series of publications on Nootka and other languages, and his seminal book Language (1921), which is still a leading book in the field. Language an Introducti...(展开全部)

Throughout the history of ideas, various branches of philosophy have spun off into the natural sciences, including physics, biology, and perhaps most recently, cognitive psychology. A central theme of this collection is that the philosophy of language, at least a core portion of it, has matured to the point where it is now being spun off into linguistic theory. Each section of ...(展开全部)

In this textbook, Michael Morris offers a critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language. Each chapter focusses on one or two texts which have had a seminal influence on work in the subject, and uses these as a way of approaching both the central topics and the various traditions of dealing with them. Texts include classic writings by Frege, Russell, ...(展开全部)

格奥尔格·西美尔（Georg Simmel，1858-1918），德国著名社会学家、新康德学派哲学家，主要以关于社会学方法论的著作闻名。在学术研究中，他开创了许多不同的理论风格，把不同学科、不同方法论的视野融为一体，并借助哲学、心理学、社会学、经济学及神学的各种分析模式，研究了诸如宗教、货币经济、道德起源、群体自我保存等重要的文化现象。在西方，西美尔赢得了哲学、社会学和美学等领域的崇高声誉。卢卡奇把他称为那个时代最伟大的“过渡哲学家”，韦伯和哈贝马斯也曾对西美尔的研究给予了极高的评价。多年来，西美尔的著作已经被翻译成了多国文字。不仅在西方有一批西美尔的固定研究者，而且在亚洲也有庞大的西美尔研究队伍。

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-eight of the most important articles in t...(展开全部)

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-six of the most important articles in the...(展开全部)