Theory of Descriptions - Russell and the Philosophy of Language

The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends the theory as a contribution to natural language semantics while also arguing for a reassessment of the important of linguistic inquiry to Russell's philosophical project.

List of contents

Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction The Theory History I: The 1903 Theory of Denoting History II: 'On Denoting' and the Genesis of the Theory of Descriptions Descriptions and Logical Form Extending the Theory I: Complex Demonstratives Extending the Theory II: Indexicality Russell and the Philosophy of Language Bibliography Index

About the author

GRAHAM STEVENS is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of The Russellian Origins of Analytical Philosophy, and of numerous articles on Russell and on topics in the philosophy of language.

Summary

The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends the theory as a contribution to natural language semantics while also arguing for a reassessment of the important of linguistic inquiry to Russell's philosophical project.

Product details

• Authors: G Stevens, G. Stevens
• Assisted by: Kenneth A Loparo (Editor), Michae Beaney (Editor), Michael Beaney (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349299362
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29936-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: History of Analytic Philosophy; History of Analytic Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; B, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Semiotics, Hermeneutics, Applied Linguistics, Language: reference & general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, Language and languages—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics