Philosophy of Language, 2th Edition
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loginPhilosophy of Language provides a comprehensive, meticulous survey oftwentieth-century and contemporary philosophical theories of meaning.Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematicoverview of the different approaches to meaning, the book providesstudents with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analyticphilosophy. Beginning with a systematic look at Frege’s foundational the-ories on sense and reference, Alexander Miller goes on to offer anexceptionally clear exposition of the development of subsequent argu-ments in the philosophy of language. Communicating a sense of activephilosophical debate, the author confronts the views of the early theorists,taking in Frege, Russell and logical positivism and going on to discuss thescepticism of Quine, Kripke and Wittgenstein. The work of philosopherssuch as Davidson, Dummett, Searle, Fodor, McGinn, Wright, Grice andTarski is also examined in depth.
