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1、PHILOSOPHYOFLANGUAGE“Thisexceptionaltextfulfillstwoessentialcriteriaofagoodintroductorytextbookinthephilosophyoflanguage:itcoversabroadrangeoftopicswell,allofwhicharethebasisofcurrentactiveresearch,anddoessoinanaccuratemanneraccessibletoundergraduatestudents.”MikeHarnish,Universi
2、tyofArizona“Ilikedthebookverymuchandthinkitwillmakeanexcellenttextbookforteaching.Theexamplesthroughoutaredelightfulandstudentswilllovethem.”EdwinMares,VictoriaUniversityofWellingtonThephilosophyoflanguagehasbeenmuchinvoguethroughoutthetwentiethcentury,butonlysincethe1960shavethe
3、issuesbeguntoappearinhighresolution.Thisbookisanintroductiontothoseissuesandtoavarietyoflinguisticmechanisms.PartIexploresseveraltheoriesofhowpropernames,descriptions,andothertermsbearareferentialrelationtononlinguisticthings.Itisarguedthatthereisapuzzle,nearlyaparadox,regardingt
4、hereferenceofpropernames.PartIIsurveysseventheoriesofmeaningmoregenerally:theIdeationalTheory,thePropositionTheory,aWittgensteinian“Use”Theory,theVerificationTheory,andtwoversionsoftheTruth-ConditionTheoryandshowstheiradvantagesanddisadvantages.PartIIIconcernslinguisticpragmatics
5、andPartIVexaminesfourlinguistictheoriesofmetaphor.WilliamG.Lycanisaleadingphilosopheroflanguageandmind.HeisWilliamRandKenan,Jr.ProfessorattheUniversityofNorthCarolina.Hispublishedworksincludeover100articlesaswellassixbooks,amongthemLogicalForminNaturalLanguage(1984),Consciousness
6、(1987),JudgementandJustification(1988),ModalityandMeaning(1994),andConsciousnessandExperience(1998).RoutledgeContemporaryIntroductionstoPhilosophySeriesEditor:PaulK.Moser,LoyolaUniversityofChicagoThisinnovative,well-structuredseriesisforstudentswhohavealreadydoneanintroductorycou
7、rseinphilosophy.Eachbookintroducesacoregeneralsubjectincontemporaryphilosophyandoffersstudentsanaccessiblebutsubstantialtransitionfromintroductorytohigher-levelcollegeworkinthatsubject.Theseriesisaccessibletononspecialistsandeachbookclearlymotivatesandexpoundstheproblemsandpositi
8、onsintroduced.Anorientatingchapterbriefl
