Linguistic philosophy
Subtitle: the central story
By: Garth L. Hallett.
Series: SUNY series in philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791473610; 9780791473627
Subjects: Language and languages -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The issue of languages authority; title: The questions centrality; title: Plato's recourse to nonlinguistic forms; title: Aquinas and the primacy of mental truth; title: The Tractatus : precise thought versus imprecise language; title: Carnap's limited linguistic turn; title: Tarski, truth, and claims of linguistic incoherence; title: Wittgenstein's acceptance of the authority of language; title: Wittgenstein versus theoretical intuitions; title: Flew and paradigm-case arguments; title: Russell's critique of common sense; title: Malcolm and the ordinary language debate; title: Austin, statements, and their truth; title: A lead overlooked : from meaning to truth; title: Kripke, Putnam, and rigid designation; title: Quine, linguistic truths, and holistic theory; title: Quine, indeterminacy, and the opacity of language; title: Rorty, Stich, and pragmatic assertability; title: Habermas, communicative speech, and validity; title: Past, present, and future : an overview.