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RecordNumber
6382
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Author
Lycan, William G
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Title
Philosophy of language : a contemporary introduction
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Author Statement
William G. Lycan.
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Edition
2nd ed
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Publication
New York : Routledge
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Publication Year
c2008
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Collation
x, 221 p. ; 25 cm
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Series
Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
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Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and index. , Introduction: meaning and reference -- Definite descriptions -- Proper names: the Description Theory -- Proper names: Direct Reference and the Casual-Historical Theory -- Traditional theories of meaning -- "Use" theories -- Psychological theories: Griceʹs program -- Verificationism -- Truth-condition theories: Davidsonʹs program -- Truth-condition theories: possible worlds and intensional semantics -- Semantic pragmatics -- Speech acts and illocutionary force -- Implicative relations -- Metaphor
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Subject
Language and languages- Philosophy
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ADDED ENTRIES
TI
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Main class
401
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Cutter no
L981p
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ISBN
0-203-93000-2
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