Philosophy of language books

Over the course of nine engaging and accessible chapters, Fumerton shows that answering fundamental philosophical...  Read More >>

The first collection of essays dedicated to Roman linguistic naturalism, a major but under-studied area of Roman...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on how we should treat philosophy’s theoretical representations. It argues in favor of an instrumentalist...  Read More >>

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Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate...  Read More >>

Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate...  Read More >>

First published in 1962, The Diversity of Meaning was written to provide a more constructive criticism of the philosophy...  Read More >>

This book investigates the phenomenon of actuality inferences, in which claims of ability are interpreted as descriptions...  Read More >>

This collection of original essays on philosophical themes in Albert Camus's The Plague is of special relevance...  Read More >>

As the foundation of our rationality, logic has traditionally been considered fixed, stable and constant. This conception...  Read More >>

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This book is about supporting students in Higher Education using language, and specifically using a combination...  Read More >>

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Introducing the fields of semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy in one volume, this is a pioneering guide to how...  Read More >>

This book characterizes a notion of type that covers both linguistic and non-linguistic action, and lays the foundations...  Read More >>

This book provides analysis of the expressive aspects of slur-words and their impact in practices of linguistic...  Read More >>

Truth is in trouble. In response, this book presents a new conception of truth. It recognizes that prominent philosophers...  Read More >>

Do human beings have a special place in reality? Thomas Hofweber argues that we are special because there is an...  Read More >>

Are there nonexistent objects? Can we make sense of objects having properties without thinking that there are nonexistent...  Read More >>

This book offers a critical update of current Wittgenstein research on the Tractatus logico-philosophicus (TLP)...  Read More >>

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Kathrin Koslicki presents a contemporary defence of the Aristotelian doctrine of hylomorphism, according to which...  Read More >>

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