| Linguistic Turns in Modern Philosophy Contributor(s): Losonsky, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521652561 ISBN-13: 9780521652568 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 149.94 |
| LCCN: 2005009634 |
| Series: Evolution of Modern Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces the linguistic turns in the history of modern philosophy and the development of the philosophy of language from Locke to Wittgenstein. It examines the contributions of canonical figures such as Leibniz, Mill, Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, and Davidson, as well as those of Condillac, Humboldt, Chomsky, and Derrida. Michael Losonsky argues that the philosophy of language begins with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and demonstrates how the history of the philosophy of language in the modern period is marked by a split between formal and pragmatic perspectives on language, which modern philosophy has not been able to integrate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Losonsky, Michael: - Michael Losonsky is Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is author of Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kant and co-author and co-editor, with H. Geirsson, of Beginning Metaphysics and Readings in Mind and Lanugage. |