| Language and Empiricism: After the Vienna Circle 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Chapman, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230524761 ISBN-13: 9780230524767 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: This book compares attitudes to empiricism in language study from mid-twentieth century philosophy of language and from present-day linguistics. It focuses on responses to the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle, particularly in the work of British philosopher J. L. Austin and the much less well-known work of Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 410.1 |
| LCCN: 2008011399 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.82" W x 8.48" (0.79 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author offers a new assessment of the influence of the Vienna Circle on language study, and considers its relevance to the debate in present-day linguistics about the relative merits of 'intuitive' and 'real life' sources of data. |