This lucid and wide--ranging volume constitutes a self--contained introduction to the elements and key issues of the philosophy of language.

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)

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)

A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Rich in examples and exercises, Meaning in Language provid...(展开全部)

A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Rich in examples and exercises, Meaning in Language provid...(展开全部)

What is language? How does it relate to the world? How does it relate to the mind? Should our view of language influence our view of the world? These are among the central issues covered in this spirited and unusually clear introduction to the philosophy of language.Making no pretense of neutrality, Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny take a definite theoretical stance. Central to ...(展开全部)

What is language? How does it relate to the world? How does it relate to the mind? Should our view of language influence our view of the world? These are among the central issues covered in this spirited and unusually clear introduction to the philosophy of language.Making no pretense of neutrality, Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny take a definite theoretical stance. Central to ...(展开全部)

著者简介： 斯蒂芬·霍尔盖特（Stephen Houlgate） 英国华威大学哲学教授，《英国黑格尔学会会刊》（Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain）主编，曾任美国黑格尔学会副会长、会长。著有《黑格尔<精神现象学>导读》(Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit': A Reader's Guide)、《黑格尔<逻辑学>的开端》（The Opening of Hegel's 'Logic'）、《 黑格尔、尼采与对形而上学的批判》（Hegel, Nietzsche and the Criticism of Metaphysics）等，编有《黑格尔与艺术》（Hegel and the Arts）、《黑格尔读本》（The Hegel Reader）、《黑格尔与自然哲学》（H...(展开全部)