Books for Philosophy of Language Courses

Reading Brandom

On Making It Explicit

Edited by Bernhard Weiss, Jeremy Wanderer

Robert Brandom’s Making It Explicit: Reasoning, Representing and Discursive Commitment is one of the most significant, talked about and daunting books published in philosophy in recent years. Featuring specially-commissioned chapters by leading international philosophers with replies by Brandom...

Published April 8th 2010 by Routledge

Arguing About Language

Edited by Darragh Byrne, Max Kolbel

Series: Arguing About Philosophy

Arguing About Language presents a comprehensive selection of key readings on fundamental issues in the philosophy of language. It offers a fresh and exciting introduction to the subject, addressing both perennial problems and emerging topics. Classic readings from Frege, Russell, Kripke, Chomsky,...

Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge

Philosophy of Language

A Contemporary Introduction, 2nd Edition

By William G. Lycan

Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Topics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring...

Published April 7th 2008 by Routledge