Linguistic Turns in Modern Philosophy
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- Author: Michael Losonsky, Colorado State University
- Date Published: January 2006
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- isbn: 9780521654708
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This book traces the linguistic turns in the history of modern philosophy and the development of the philosophy of language from Locke to Wittgenstein. It examines the contributions of canonical figures such as Leibniz, Mill, Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, and Davidson, as well as those of Condillac, Humboldt, Chomsky, and Derrida. Michael Losonsky argues that the philosophy of language begins with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and demonstrates how the history of the philosophy of language in the modern period is marked by a split between formal and pragmatic perspectives on language, which modern philosophy has not been able to integrate.
Read more- Written with both specialists and lay audiences in mind
- Sympathetic and informed treatment of continental and analytic traditions
- An analytical history of the philosophy of language as well as an assessment of the state of the art
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Losonky's timely book is clearly written, engaging and astute. it is well worth careful study and will no doubt provide the emerging field of the history of the philosophy of language with a styrong base for years to come.' Benjamin Hill, British Journal for the History of Philosophy
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- Date Published: January 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521654708
- length: 294 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.401kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Locke's linguistic turn
2. The road to Locke
3. Of Angels and human beings
4. The form of a lanugage
5. The importance of propositions
6. The value of a function
7. From silence to assent
8. The whimsy of language.
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