1st Edition

Philosophy Of Language

By Alexander Miller Copyright 1998

    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 analytical philosophy.

    Chapter 1 Frege; Chapter 2 Frege and Russell; Chapter 3 Sense and Verificationism; Chapter 4 Scepticism About Sense (I); Chapter 5 Scepticism About Sense (II); Chapter 6 Saving Sense; Chapter 7 Sense, Intention and Speech Acts; Chapter 8 Sense and Truth; Chapter 9 Sense, Objectivity and Metaphysics;

    Biography

    Alexander Miller University of Birmingham