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Philosophy of language
Hardcover. This book presents a radically different view of language from that found in most modern Western philosophy. Human language is seen as having an innate capacity to reflect the light of consciousness, the primary element of the universe, and evidence is provided to show the extraordinary reflective capacity of the Sanskrit language. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; CFA; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832710
- ISBN
- 9780856832710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.81
€ 32.81
Hardback. One of the most basic themes in the philosophy of language is referential uptake, the question of what counts as properly 'understanding' a referring act in communication. This work argues that traditional proposals fail to account for success in referential communication. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359746
- ISBN
- 9780792359746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316508206
- ISBN
- 9781316508206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.36
€ 30.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. Patrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions range over probability and statistics, mathematical and experimental psychology. This work features papers that were commissioned with the mandate of advancing research in their respective fields rather than retrospectively surveying the contributions that Suppes himself has made. Editor(s): Humphreys, Paul W. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328629
- ISBN
- 9780792328629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.54
€ 256.54
Paperback. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401057790
- ISBN
- 9789401057790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Paperback. Vayrynen argues that thick concepts - such as lewd and rude, selfish and cruel, courageous and kind - are evaluative only as a matter of pragmatics. If thick concepts are not inherently evaluative in meaning, they cannot have the deep and distinctive significance they are often given in moral philosophy. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262174
- ISBN
- 9780190262174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Paperback. This is a compilation of essays by thirteen authors dedicated to a direct exploration of Wittgenstein and Plato. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCA; HPCF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348190
- ISBN
- 9781349348190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893525
- ISBN
- 9788772893525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76€ 53.08
€ 67.76
€ 53.08
Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ZX; CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048144945
- ISBN
- 9789048144945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.34
€ 194.34
Paperback. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146093
- ISBN
- 9789048146093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.94
€ 194.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527165
- ISBN
- 9781137527165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Constitutes the state of the art regarding gerundive entities, defended in meticulous detail. Here, the author's ontology features just facts, proposition, and events, carefully distinguished from each other. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345688
- ISBN
- 9780792345688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.57
€ 202.57
Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143255
- ISBN
- 9780691143255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Vossen, Piek. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; UND; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048151202
- ISBN
- 9789048151202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Brings together contributions by philosophers, logicians and linguists, offering a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to crucial problems in the contemporary philosophy of language and linguistics. This title includes individual chapters that concentrate on different aspects of the influence of Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein. Editor(s): Stalmaszczyk, Piotr. Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783110342581
- ISBN
- 9783110342581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 272.86
€ 272.86
Paperback. Plato's "Cratylus" is about language, specifically about names (onomata), a category that includes proper names, common nouns, adjectives, participles and infinitives. As Plato's most focused discussion of language, the text should be useful for every student of his work. Translator(s): Reeve, C. D. C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204164
- ISBN
- 9780872204164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. This is a collection of papers that have helped shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. It covers key central themes and includes an editorial introduction and extensive references. This should be a useful resource for students and scholars of semantics and the philosophy of language. Editor(s): Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4d. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215417
- ISBN
- 9780631215417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.08
€ 147.08
paperback. This book explores how and in what ways the relationship between language, mind and computation can be conceived of, given that a number of foundational assumptions about this relationship remain unacknowledged in mainstream linguistic theory, yet continue to be the basis of theoretical developments and empirical advances. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFX; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349496785
- ISBN
- 9781349496785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 199 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFG; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319336893
- ISBN
- 9783319336893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: CFA; JMR; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810255
- ISBN
- 9780753810255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51