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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.
nerbles (nerbles) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:26 -0000
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Philosophy of Language: Preliminaries http://tinyurl.com/yl7l4m8
jane6io (Janet Barajas) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:56:14 -0000
Philosophy of Language: Preliminaries http://tinyurl.com/yl7l4m8
philosophy of language sucks a fat one. "here's a long-winded explanation for something obvious" "here's a solution to a non-problem" ugh.
TomSmizzle (Tom Smith) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:42:25 -0000
philosophy of language sucks a fat one. "here's a long-winded explanation for something obvious" "here's a solution to a non-problem" ugh.
in philosophy. Discussing what language is used for. The guy in front of myself and I match hella
aprildea (April Loa) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:43:38 -0000
in philosophy. Discussing what language is used for. The guy in front of myself and I match hella
@Emma_V_79 Why the language article? Part of my philosophy degree dealt with language. It's interesting to me. :-)
HerbSommerfeld (Herbert Sommerfeld) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:27:00 -0000
@Emma_V_79 Why the language article? Part of my philosophy degree dealt with language. It's interesting to me. :-)
I urge myself to read the text for philosophy of language. Ugh.
wortwelt (Martin Zimmermann) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:08 -0000
I urge myself to read the text for philosophy of language. Ugh.
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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