Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality

Informationen zum Autor Hans-Johann Glock is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of A Wittgenstein Dictionary (1996) which has been translated into German, French, Portuguese and Polish. Klappentext This book is devoted to Quine and Davidson. Zusammenfassung The influence of Quine and Davidson on contemporary philosophy is second to none! and their impact is also strongly felt in disciplines such as linguistics and psychology. This book is devoted to both of them! but also questions some of their basic assumptions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Logical pragmatism; 2. Ontology; 3. Analyticity, apriority and necessity; 4. Truth; 5. Meaning and truth; 6. Radical translation and radical interpretation; 7. Indeterminacies; 8. Meaning and understanding; 9. Thought and language; References; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hans-Johann Glock, Hans-Johann (University of Reading) Glock, Glock Hans-Johann
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 03.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521048057
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04805-7
• Pages: 328
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge