Description: Further DetailsTitle: Philosophical Essays, Volume 2Condition: NewSubtitle: The Philosophical Significance of LanguageISBN-10: 0691136831EAN: 9780691136837ISBN: 9780691136837Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/29/2009Description: The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning nearly three decades of thinking about linguistic meaning and the philosophical significance of language. A judicious collection of old and new, these volumes include sixteen essays published in the 1980s and 1990s, nine published since 2000, and six new essays. The essays in Volume 1 investigate what linguistic meaning is; how the meaning of a sentence is related to the use we make of it; what we should expect from empirical theories of the meaning of the languages we speak; and how a sound theoretical grasp of the intricate relationship between meaning and use can improve the interpretation of legal texts.The essays in Volume 2 illustrate the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics--including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds; the necessary a posteriori and the contingent a priori; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and skepticism about meaning and mind. The two volumes of Philosophical Essays are essential for anyone working on the philosophy of language.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 680gAuthor: Scott SoamesGenre: Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Philosophical Essays, Volume 2
Title: Philosophical Essays, Volume 2
Subtitle: The Philosophical Significance of Language
ISBN-10: 0691136831
EAN: 9780691136837
ISBN: 9780691136837
Release Date: 03/29/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Name: Philosophical Essays, Volume 2 Vol. 2 : the Philosophical Significance of Language
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: History & Surveys / General, Language, Linguistics / Semantics, General, Linguistics / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24 Oz
Author: Scott Soames
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
