The Inessential Indexical

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199686742
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inessential Indexical written by Herman Cappelen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors argue that there are no such things as essential indexicality, irreducibly de se attitudes, or self-locating attitudes.

Author : Jessica Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019957300X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assertion written by Jessica Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assertion is a fundamental feature of language. This volume will be the place to look for anyone interested in current work on the topic. Philosophers of language and epistemologists join forces to elucidate what kind of speech act assertion is, particularly in light of relativist views of truth, and how assertion is governed by epistemic norms.

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191047422
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Context and Communication written by Herman Cappelen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context and Communication offers an introduction to a central theme in the study of language: the various ways in which what we say (or ask, or think) depends on the context of speech and thought. The period since 1970 has produced a vast literature on this topic, both by philosophers and by linguists. It is one of the areas of philosophy (and linguistics) where most progress has been made over the last few decades. This book explores some of the central data, questions, concepts, and theories of context sensitivity. It is written to be accessible to someone with no prior knowledge of the material or, indeed, any prior knowledge of philosophy, and is ideal for use as part of a philosophy of language course by students of philosophy or linguistics. Context and Communication is the first in the series Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language. Each book in the series provides an introduction to an important topic in philosophy of language. The second volume on reference is currently in preparation. These textbooks can be used as a module in a philosophy of language course, for either undergraduate or graduate students.

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192575996
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bad Language written by Herman Cappelen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn't remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and accessible introduction to a wide range of topics including lies and bullshit, slurs and insults, coercion and silencing: Cappelen and Dever offer theoretical frameworks for thinking about these all too common linguistic behaviours. As the text does not assume prior training in philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part of a philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for linguistics students. Bad Language belongs to the series Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each book introduces an important area of the philosophy of language, suitable for students at any level.

Author : José Luis Bermúdez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198796218
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding "I" written by José Luis Bermúdez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No words in English are shorter than "I" and few, if any, play a more fundamental role in language and thought. In Understanding "I": Thought and Language Jose Luis Bermudez continues his longstanding work on the self and self-consciousness. Bermudez develops a model of how language-users understand sentences involving the first person pronoun "I". This model illuminates the unique psychological role that self-conscious thoughts (typically expressed using "I") play in action and thought - a unique role often summarized by describing "I" as an essential indexical. The book opens with an argument directly supporting the indispensability of "I"-thoughts in explaining action. After motivating a broadly Fregean approach linguistic understanding it critically examines Frege's own remarks on "I" as well as the Fregean account offered by Gareth Evans. The main part of the book develops an account of the sense of "I" that explains a cluster of related phenomena, including essential indexicality, immunity to error through misidentification, the shareability of "I"-thoughts, the relation between "I" and "you", and the role of autobiographical memory in self-consciousness.

Author : Vojislav Bozickovic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000206947
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Indexical Point of View written by Vojislav Bozickovic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that there is a common cognitive mechanism underlying all indexical thoughts, in spite of their seeming diversity. Indexical thoughts are mental representations, such as beliefs and desires. They represent items from a thinker's point of view or her cognitive perspective. We typically express them by means of sentences containing linguistic expressions such as 'this (F)' or 'that (F)', adverbs like 'here', 'now', and 'today', and the personal pronoun ‘I’. While generally agreeing that representing the world from a thinker's cognitive perspective is a key feature of indexical thoughts, philosophers disagree as to whether a thinker's cognitive perspective can be captured and rationalized by semantic content and, if so, what kind of content this is. This book surveys competing views and then advances its own positive account. Ultimately, it argues that a thinker's cognitive perspective - or her indexical point of view - is to be explained in terms of the content that is believed and asserted as the only kind of content that there is which thereby serves as the bearer of cognitive significance. The Indexical Point of View will be of interest to philosophers of mind and language, linguists, and cognitive scientists.

Author : Peter Ludlow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198823797
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interperspectival Content written by Peter Ludlow and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often find ourselves communicating from radically different perspectives on the world. In this new book Ludlow explains how we successfully communicate across some radically diverse perspectival positions, including diverse temporal, spatial and personal positions, through our use of cognitive dynamics.

Author : Michael P. Wolf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000829618
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Language written by Michael P. Wolf and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic.

Author : Manuel García-Carpintero
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198713266
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book About Oneself written by Manuel García-Carpintero and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the nature of first-personal, or de se, thought. Many have held that first-person thought motivates a revision of traditional accounts of content and how it is accessed, but this raises puzzling questions about how we are able to communicate such thoughts. It is these questions that are answered here.

Author : Herman Cappelen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198799837
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Puzzles of Reference written by Herman Cappelen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference is a central topic in the philosophy of language, linguistic semantics, and related areas of philosophy and linguistics. This textbook offers an up-to-date introduction to key debates about reference. While comprehensive in approach, it is written for students and does not assume any prior training in philosophy of language.