| Linguistic Philosophy: The Central Story Contributor(s): Hallett, Garth L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791473619 ISBN-13: 9780791473610 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Explores the role language plays in the relationship between reality and utterance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 401 |
| LCCN: 2007024535 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.32" W x 9.01" (1.02 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How much authority should language, the medium of communication, be accorded as a determinant of truth and therefore of what we say? Garth L. Hallett argues that, although never explicitly debated, this is the most significant issue of linguistic philosophy. Here, for the first time, he traces the issue's story. Starting with representative thinkers--Plato, Aquinas, Kant, Frege, and the early Wittgenstein--who contested language's authority, the narrative then focuses on thinkers such as Carnap, Tarski, the later Wittgenstein, Flew, Russell, Malcolm, Austin, Kripke, Putnam, Strawson, Quine, and Habermas who, in different ways and to varying degrees, accorded language more authority. Implicit in this account is a challenge to philosophy as still widely practiced. |
