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Tells the definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. This book provides an account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics covered, and depth of treatment.

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A history of analytic philosophy since 1900, this volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. Though no broad philosophical position achieved lasting dominance, it argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape.

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Presents the history of analytic philosophy since 1900. This book argues that two developments have remade the philosophical landscape - analytic philosophers' success in understanding and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, and acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in prephilosophical thought.

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Brings together the important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. This book illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and, and skepticism about meaning and mind.

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Illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; and, the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds.

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In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott

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Attempts to defend the revolution in philosophy led by Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and David Kaplan against attack from those wishing to revive descriptivism in the philosophy of language, internalism in the philosophy of mind, and conceptualism in the foundations of modality.

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The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of t

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Traces milestones in author's field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's vigorous philosophical tradition.

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Presents the author's vision of philosophy of language. Explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, this book investigates foundational concepts - such as truth, reference, and meaning - that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole.

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In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content of a belief requires knowing which things it repre

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