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Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? by Ian Hacking (1975, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521099986
ISBN-139780521099981
eBay Product ID (ePID)161792
Product Key Features
Number of Pages212 Pages
Publication NameWhy Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMind & Body, Language
Publication Year1975
TypeTextbook
AuthorIan Hacking
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.1 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN75-019432
Dewey Edition18
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal190/.1/4
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Strategy; Part I. The Heyday of Ideas: 2. Thomas Hobbes' mental discourse; 3. Port Royal's ideas; 4. Bishop Berkeley's abstractions; 5. Nobody's theory of meaning; Part II. The Heyday of Meanings: 6. Noam Chomsky's innatism; 7. Bertrand Russell's acquaintance; 8. Ludwig Wittgenstein's articulation; 9. A. J. Ayer's verification; 10. Norman Malcolm's dreams; Part III. The Heyday of Sentences: 11. Paul Feyerabend's theories; 12. Donald Davidson's truth; 13. Why does language matter to philosophy?; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisIncluding chapters on Hobbes, Berkeley, Chomsky, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Feyerabend and Davidson, among others, this survey attempts to discover the importance of language in philosophy through numerous case studies., Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and must in some sense continue to do so. Ian Hacking considers here some dozen case studies in the history of philosophy to show the different ways in which language has been important, and the consequences for the development of the subject. There are chapters on, among others, Hobbes, Berkeley, Russell, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Chomsky, Feyerabend and Davidson. Dr Hacking ends by speculating about the directions in which philosophy and the study of language seem likely to go. The book will provide students with a stimulating, broad survey of problems in the theory of meaning and the development of philosophy, particularly in this century. The topics treated in the philosophy of language are among the central, current concerns of philosophers, and the historical framework makes it possible to introduce concretely and intelligibly all the main theoretical issues.
LC Classification NumberB105.L
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