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Philosophy of language

Franz von Kutschera ; [translated from the German by Burnham Terrell]

(Synthese library, v. 71)

D. Reidel, c1975

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Sprachphilosophie

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Translation of Sprachphilosophie

Originally given as lectures at the Universität München and the Universität Regensburg

Bibliography: p. [291]-300

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book has arisen out of lectures I gave in recent years at the Uni versities of Munich and Regensburg, and it is intended to serve as a textbook for courses in the Philosophy of Language. In my lectures I was able to presuppose that the students had taken an introductory course in logic. Some knowledge of logic will also be helpful in studying this book - as it is almost everywhere else in philosophy -, especially in Section 3. 2, but it is no prerequisite. I would like to give my sincere thanks to Prof. Terrell for his excellent translation of the book, which is based on the second, revised and en larged German edition. Regensburg, May 1975 FRANZ VON KUTSCHERA INTRODUCTION Language has become one of philosophy's most important and pressing themes during this century. This preoccupation with language has its ori gins in the most diverse areas of philosophical inquiry.

Table of Contents

I / Preliminary Distinctions.- 1. Language and Linguistic Utterances.- 2. Descriptive Statements.- 3. The Use and Mention of Signs.- II / Theories of Meaning.- 1. Realistic Semantic Theories.- 2. Behavioristic Theories of Meaning.- 3. Quine's Philosophy of Language.- 4. Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language in the Philosophical Investigations.- III / Theories of Grammar.- 1. Traditional Grammar.- 2. Logical Grammar.- 3. Generative Grammar.- IV / Language and Reality.- 1. The Thesis of the Role Language Plays in Experience.- 2. The Role of Vocabulary.- 3. The Role of Grammar.- 4. The Epistemological Problematic of the Relativity Thesis.- Index of Subjects.- Index of Logical Symbols.

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  • NCID
    BA0454724X
  • ISBN
    • 9027705917
  • LCCN
    75012877
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    304 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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