Logico-Linguistic Papers - Couverture souple

Strawson, P. F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0416703003 ISBN 13 : 9780416703009

Editeur : Methuen young books, 1974

Synopsis

Book by Strawson PF

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

P.F. Strawson has been a major and influential spokesman for ordinary language philosophy throughout the late twentieth century, studying the relationship between common language and the language of formal logic. This reissue of his collection of early essays, Logico-Linguistic Papers, is published with a brand new introduction by Professor Strawson but, apart from minor corrections to the text, these classic essays remain original and intact. Logico-Linguistic Papers contains Strawson's major essay, 'On Referring', in which he disputed Bertrand Russell's theory of definite descriptions, distinguishing between referring to an entity and asserting its existence. The book contains twelve essays in all, grouped by subject matter. The first five are concerned with the topic of singular reference and predication and the last three are all responses to J.L. Austin's treatment of the topic of truth. Strawson disputes the correspondence theory of truth, maintaining that facts are what statements (when true) state. The remaining papers deal with meaning, speech acts, logical truth and Chomsky's views on syntax.

Biographie de l'auteur

P.F. Strawson is Waynflete Professor Emeritus of Metaphysical Philosophy at University College, Oxford, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Methuen young books
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0416703003
• ISBN 13: 9780416703009
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
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• Personne responsable: non disponible