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Zusatztext The Unity of Linguistic Meaning is a remarkably original book that manages to develop a genuinely novel perspective on one of the most venerable and findamental problems of philosophy. ... Collins has written a fascinating book that is historically insightful, astute and convincing in its critical discussions of current approaches, and exemplary in terms of what a 'new' philosophy of language may look like. Informationen zum Autor John Collins is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He has published widely in the philosophies of language and mind, and has a special interest in generative linguistics, the concepts of truth and meaning, and early analytical philosophy. He is the author of numerous articles in leading journals and Chomsky: A Guide for the Perplexed (2008). Klappentext John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition-how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. Zusammenfassung John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition-how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Thoughts, sentences, and unities 2: The unity problem(s) 3: The priority thesis: judgement over naming 4: The reign of disunity 5: Syntax and the creation of objects: towards an explanation of unity 6: Clarification and defence 7: The linguistic status of Merge Bibliography Index
