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Philosophy of language is the branch of philosophy that studies language. Its primary concerns include the nature of linguistic meaning, reference, language use, language learning and creation, language understanding, truth, thought and experience (to the extent that both are linguistic), communication, interpretation, and translation.
At heart, the discipline is concerned with five fundamental issues.
- How are sentences composed into a meaningful whole, and what are the meanings of the parts of sentences?
- What is the nature of meaning? (What exactly is a meaning?)
- What do we do with language? (How do we use it socially? What is the purpose of language?)
- How does language relate to the mind, both of the speaker and the interpreter?
- How does language relate to the world?
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein #quote
SFBoater (SF Boater) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:50:50 -0000
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein #quote
proved Hemingway's advice to "write drunk, edit sober" is good. B+ in philosophy of language.
diva_k3000 (Kathrine Speaker) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:36:17 -0000
proved Hemingway's advice to "write drunk, edit sober" is good. B+ in philosophy of language.
Philosophy, or respectable philosophy, should be written in some form of programming language, e.g. Haskell
iesahin (Emre Sahin) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:28:09 -0000
Philosophy, or respectable philosophy, should be written in some form of programming language, e.g. Haskell
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein #quote
1baddpromoter (Wal- teaszy) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:28:23 -0000
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein #quote
"Philosophy stands out as the striking example of the flatulencies that may gather round the unacknowledged puns of language." G Williams.
fobosophy (Ming Lih) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:01:33 -0000
"Philosophy stands out as the striking example of the flatulencies that may gather round the unacknowledged puns of language." G Williams.
1/2 Philosophy is the battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. -Wittgenstein.
bakesnobread (Christopher Webb) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:48:20 -0000
1/2 Philosophy is the battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. -Wittgenstein.
CogPrints: Philosophy of Language - A large number of online scholarly papers on the subject, from this electronic repository.
Conditions on Understanding Language - Article by Ernest Lepore. Discusses the nature of language competence.
Philosophy of Language in Classical China - Historical overview by Chad Hansen of interpretations of language in the major schools of philosophical thought in classical China (up to the Han dynasty).
Meta Description: [ An extended encyclopedia article discussing Chinese theory of language especially in the Later Mohists, Gongsun Long, Hui Shi, and Zhuangzi. ]
Philosophy of Language, World Congress Papers - Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, held at Boston University in 1998. Archive of contributed papers in the subject area of Philosophy of Language. Provided by The Paideia Archive.
Meta Description: [ The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Archive of contributed papers in the subject area of Philosophy of Language. ]
Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Language - Wide-ranging article by Danielle MacBeth. From the Wilfrid Sellars' archive.
Review of Michael Beaney's `Frege: Making Sense' - By Mitchell Green, to appear in Mind.
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Structural Linguistics and Formal Semantics - Article by Jaroslav Peregrin, discussing to what extent Chomsky's views displace Saussure's.
Wikipedia - Philosophy of Language - Acknowledges difficulties in defining the field but suggests a focus mainly on questions of meaning and truth.
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