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John Searle's Philosophy of Language
Force, Meaning and Mind
ISBN: 0521685346
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr Published: Nov 30 2007 Pages: 297 Weight: 1.10lbs. Height: 8.75" Width: 6.00" Depth: 0.75" Language: English
Publisher's Comments
Following an opening essay by Searle (philosophy of mind and language, U. of California, Berkeley) summarizing the essential features of human language--particularly those related to human society--11 original essays by 13 American and European academics critically examine aspects of Searle's contributions to the philosophy of language, and discuss new ways in which the themes from his work could be developed. Topics explored include internalism versus externalism in relation to mental and linguistic content, truth-conditional versus non-truth-conditional conceptions of content, the relative priorities of thought and language in the explanation of intentionality, the status of the distinction between force and sense in the theory of meaning, the issue of meaning skepticism in relation to rule-following, and the proper characterization of "what is said" in relation to the semantics/pragmatics distinction. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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