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A Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Language: Central Themes from Locke to Wittgenstein

By (author) John Fennell

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A Critical Introduction to Philosophy of Language is a historically oriented introduction to the central themes in philosophy of language. Its narrative arc covers Lockeâ€™s â€˜ideaâ€™ theory, Millâ€™s empiricist account of math and logic, Frege and Russellâ€™s development of modern logic and its subsequent deployment in their pioneering program of â€˜logical analysisâ€™, Ayer and Carnapâ€™s logical positivism, Quineâ€™s critique of logical positivism and elaboration of a naturalist-behaviorist approach to meaning, and later-Wittgensteinâ€™s â€˜ordinary language philosophyâ€™-inspired rejection of the project of logical analysis. Thus, it historically situates the two central programs in early twentieth-century English-speaking philosophy -- logical analysis and logical positivism -- and discusses the central critiques they face later in the century in the works of Quine and the later-Wittgenstein. Unlike other secondary studies in philosophy of language, A Critical Introduction to Philosophy of Language is not just a â€˜greatest hits albumâ€™, i.e., a discontinuous compilation in which classics in the field are presented together with their standard criticisms one after the other. Instead, Fennell develops a particular, historical-thematic narrative in which the figures and ideas he treats are introduced in highly intentional ways. And by cross-referencing them throughout his discussions, he highlights the contributions they make to the narrative they comprise.

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