Philosophy of language books

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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: A New Translation

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: A New Translation

Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein ,  Damion Searls
ISBN: 9781324092438
Format: Hardback
$44.95

Appearing a century after its first English-language publication, this newly translated en face edition of Wittgenstein’s...  Read More >>

Becoming Wollstonecraft: The Interconnection of Her Life and Works

Becoming Wollstonecraft: The Interconnection of Her...

Author: Brenda Ayres
ISBN: 9781032649399
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Normativity, Meaning and Philosophy: Essays on Wittgenstein

Normativity, Meaning and Philosophy: Essays on Wittgenstein...

Author: Hans-Johann Glock
ISBN: 9781839983467
Format: Hardback
$125.00

This is a collection of essays on Wittgenstein originally published between 1996 and 2019, with a new introduction....  Read More >>

The Power of Language: Multilingualism, Self and Society

The Power of Language: Multilingualism, Self and Society...

Author: Viorica Marian
ISBN: 9780241626023
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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

The Enigma of Metaphor: Philosophy, Pragmatics, Cognitive Science

The Enigma of Metaphor: Philosophy, Pragmatics, Cognitive...

Author: Stefana Garello
ISBN: 9783031568657
Format: Hardback
$290.37

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

Occasionalism and the Debate about Causation in Early Modern Germany

Occasionalism and the Debate about Causation in Early...

Author: Christian Henkel (University of Montreal, Canada)
ISBN: 9781032710419
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This is the first book to focus on occasionalism in early modern German philosophy. It demonstrates that occasionalism...  Read More >>

The Many Faces of Impossibility

The Many Faces of Impossibility

Author: Koji Tanaka (Australian National University) ,  Alexander Sandgren (Umeå Universitet, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781009180580
Format: Paperback
$43.99

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

Wittgenstein and Russell

Wittgenstein and Russell

Author: Sanford Shieh (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781108925099
Format: Paperback
$43.99

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

Thought: Its Origin and Reach: Essays for Mark Sainsbury

Thought: Its Origin and Reach: Essays for Mark Sainsbury...

Author: Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck College London, UK) ,  Anthony Savile (King's College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781032195308
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The work of Mark Sainsbury has made a significant and challenging contribution to several central areas of philosophy....  Read More >>

Wittgenstein and Russell

Wittgenstein and Russell

Author: Sanford Shieh (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781009468145
Format: Hardback
$129.35

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

Words and Silences

Words and Silences

Author: L Vallikivi
ISBN: 9780253068767
Format: Paperback
$82.99

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Words and Silences

Words and Silences

Author: L Vallikivi
ISBN: 9780253068750
Format: Hardback
$186.99

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African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs

African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages...

Author: Wilfred Lajul
ISBN: 9783031545238
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book explores African philosophic sagacity, or wisdom philosophy, as proposed by Odera Oruka in his “Four Trends...  Read More >>

Modes of Representation: Content, Communication, and Frege

Modes of Representation: Content, Communication, and...

Author: Richard Kimberly Heck (Brown University)
ISBN: 9780198861591
Format: Hardback
$219.95

Modes of Presentation analyses a collection of problems, known as 'Frege's puzzle', resulting from how thinkers...  Read More >>

The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures

The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures

Author: Prakash Mondal
ISBN: 9781032726281
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across...  Read More >>

Mereology

Mereology

Author: A. J. Cotnoir ,  Achille C. Varzi
ISBN: 9780198908937
Format: Paperback
$48.95

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Rudolf Carnap: Studies in Semantics: The Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap, Volume 7

Rudolf Carnap: Studies in Semantics: The Collected Works...

Author: Steve Awodey (Carnegie Mellon University) ,  Greg Frost-Arnold (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
ISBN: 9780192894878
Format: Hardback
$260.95

Volume 7 of the Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap presents Studies in Semantics, which comprises three interlocking...  Read More >>

What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

Author: Gary Kemp (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781032426549
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Thoroughly revised throughout and includes a new chapter on Chomsky's theory of grammar. The concluding chapter...  Read More >>

What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

Author: Gary Kemp (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781032426556
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Thoroughly revised throughout and includes a new chapter on Chomsky's theory of grammar. The concluding chapter...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Theoretical Linguistics: A Contemporary Outlook

The Philosophy of Theoretical Linguistics: A Contemporary...

Author: Ryan M. Nefdt (University of Cape Town)
ISBN: 9781316514252
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Drawing on perspectives ranging from generative syntax, optimality theory, computational linguistics, sign language...  Read More >>

Modelling Natural Language with Claude Shannon's Notion of Surprisal

Modelling Natural Language with Claude Shannon's Notion...

Author: Michael Richter
ISBN: 9783110787962
Format: Hardback
$335.25

This book not only discusses the theoretical aspects but also ventures into the application of Shannon's Information...  Read More >>

Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor

Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor...

Author: Claire Horisk (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri)
ISBN: 9780197691496
Format: Hardback
$69.95

"People often get away with belittling others if they frame their speech as jokes-speech that would be condemned...  Read More >>

Translation as Advocacy: Perspectives on Practice, Performance and Publishing

Translation as Advocacy: Perspectives on Practice, Performance...

Author: Various
ISBN: 9781399816144
Format: Paperback
$85.00

This book, the fourth volume in the groundbreaking Language Acts and Worldmaking series, aims to encourage people...  Read More >>

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