Philosophy of language books

This volume investigates Eric Weil’s innovative conceptualization of the place of violence in the philosophical...  Read More >>

In this Element, the author set out to answer a twofold question concerning the importance of music to Wittgenstein's...  Read More >>

This book provides an original perspective on the debate about anti-representationalism and the nature of philosophy....  Read More >>

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The essays defend and develop a central Wittgensteinian idea: 'grammatical rules' for the use of expressions hold...  Read More >>

Becoming Wollstonecraft: The Interconnection of Her Life and Works draws from biography to explain her works, and...  Read More >>

Employing an extensive archive of interview materials with major Anglophone poets, this book uncovers how they think...  Read More >>

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An acclaimed psycholinguist reveals how language shapes our brain - and moulds the way we look at the world Why...  Read More >>

This book deals with the complicated realm of metaphor, an enigma deeply embedded in language and cognition. There...  Read More >>

Which language should we use in philosophy: technical or common language? Medieval philosophers and Renaissance...  Read More >>

What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse.  Read More >>

This book unearths and outlines the semantic foundations of white fragility and their consequences for racial justice...  Read More >>

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This Element aims to answer the neglected question of what is characteristically impossible about impossible worlds....  Read More >>

This Element aims to answer the neglected question of what is characteristically impossible about impossible worlds....  Read More >>

This Element provides clear and concise explanations of Wittgenstein's early criticisms of Russell's theory of judgment,...  Read More >>

Words and Silences tells the story of an extraordinary group of independent Nenets reindeer herders in the northwest...  Read More >>

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How can we reconcile the difficult-to-shake conviction that our sensory perception confronts us with reality directly...  Read More >>

Throughout his philosophical works, George Berkeley (1685-1753) emphasises the role that sign-usage, particularly...  Read More >>

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