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Informationen zum Autor Jussi Haukioja is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Klappentext Should philosophy of language use experimental methods! or can it be pursued in the armchair? Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Language represents a balanced variety of positions on this extensively discussed question. In the first collection of its kind! leading experts in the field present a number of different perspectives on the relevance of experimental methods in philosophy of language! ranging from complete dismissals of traditional methods to defences of armchair approaches. As well as exploring possible novel experimental techniques! Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Language evaluates the philosophical relevance of existing experimental results and presents new data from new experimental studies. For scholars looking to stay ahead of the latest developments and trends in the philosophy of language! this important contribution to the field brings the reader up-to-date. Zusammenfassung Should philosophy of language use experimental methods, or can it be pursued in the armchair? Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Language represents a balanced variety of positions on this extensively discussed question. In the first collection of its kind, leading experts in the field present a number of different perspectives on the relevance of experimental methods in philosophy of language, ranging from complete dismissals of traditional methods to defences of armchair approaches. As well as exploring possible novel experimental techniques, Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Language evaluates the philosophical relevance of existing experimental results and presents new data from new experimental studies. For scholars looking to stay ahead of the latest developments and trends in the philosophy of language, this important contribution to the field brings the reader up-to-date. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, Jussi Haukioja (Norwegian University of Science And Technology, Trondheim, Norway)2. Kripke's Gödel Case, Max Deutsch (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 3. Testing Theories of Reference, Michael Devitt (City University of New York, USA) 4. A Rylean Argument against Reference, Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 5. The Metaphilosophy of Language, Daniel Cohnitz (Tartu University, Estonia) 6. Experimental Semantics: The Case of Natural Kind Terms, Sören Häggqvist & Åsa Wikforss (Stockholm University, Sweden) 7. Ambiguity and Referential Machinery, Ángel Pinillos (Arizona State University, USA) 8. General Terms, Hybrid Theories and Ambiguity: A Discussion of Some Experimental Results, Genoveva Marti (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 9. Testing Transparent Ascriptions: A Plea for an Experimental Approach, Mark Phelan (Lawrence University, USA) Index ...
