• RecordNumber
    6382
  • Author
    Lycan, William G
  • Title

    Philosophy of language : a contemporary introduction

  • Author Statement
    William G. Lycan.
  • Edition
    2nd ed
  • Publication
    New York : Routledge
  • Publication Year
    c2008
  • Collation
    x, 221 p. ; 25 cm
  • Series
    Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
  • 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
  • Subject

    Language and languages- Philosophy

  • ADDED ENTRIES
    TI
  • Main class
    401
  • Cutter no
    L981p
  • ISBN
    0-203-93000-2