The Language Animal - The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity

From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience.

About the author

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. Author of The Language Animal, Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age, he has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Taylor
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 10.03.2026
• EAN: 9780674303584
• ISBN: 978-0-674-30358-4
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, Language, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge