John Searle's Philosophy of Language: Force, Meaning and Mind - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521866278 ISBN 13: 9780521866279

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This is a volume of original essays on key aspects of John Searle's philosophy of language. It examines Searle's work in relation to current issues of central significance, including internalism versus externalism about mental and linguistic content, truth-conditional versus non-truth-conditional conceptions of content, the relative priorities of thought and language in the explanation of intentionality, the status of the distinction between force and sense in the theory of meaning, the issue of meaning scepticism in relation to rule-following, and the proper characterization of 'what is said' in relation to the semantics/pragmatics distinction. Written by a distinguished team of contemporary philosophers, and prefaced by an illuminating essay by Searle, the volume aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of Searle's work in philosophy of language, and to suggest innovative approaches to fundamental questions in that area.

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Book Description:

This is a volume of original essays on key aspects of John Searle's philosophy of language. Written by a distinguished team of contemporary philosophers, and prefaced by an illuminating essay by Searle, it aims to suggest innovative approaches to fundamental questions that Searle's work has addressed.

About the Author:

Savas L. Tsohatzidis is Professor of General Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521866278
• ISBN 13: 9780521866279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Savas L. Tsohatzidis