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Philosophy of language

hardcover. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785198
ISBN
9780804785198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.38

Paperback. Presents an account of meaning in many linguistic and cultural phenomena that is based on cognitive capacities that human understanders and producers of language possess independently of their ability to use language. This book also suggests that cognitive linguistics is a much more comprehensive enterprise than is commonly accepted. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195187205
ISBN
9780195187205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04

paperback. This work discusses the view that there is no thought, and thus no meaning, without language, and shows how this concurs with psychoanalytic theory and practice. It includes coverage of: the explanation of action; the concept of subjectivity; and the geneology of morals. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674720961
ISBN
9780674720961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.50

Paperback. This important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199992928
ISBN
9780199992928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. The Logic of Sense begins with an extended exegesis of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, Deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the 'place' where sense and nonsense collide. Editor(s): Boundas, Constantin V. Translator(s): Lester, Mark; Stivale, Charles J. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059831
ISBN
9780231059831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.01

Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133500
ISBN
9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.41

This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101745
ISBN
9781405101745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.71

Challenges the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water. This title discusses several topics, including representation and information, two-dimensionalism, possible worlds, and broad versus narrow content. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161589
ISBN
9781405161589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.97

Paperback. A collection of essays in the philosophy of language. It includes research in semantic relativism, presupposition, vagueness, quantification, the foundations of semantics, and other key issues at the heart of the philosophy of language and philosophical linguistics. Editor(s): Hawthorne, John. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196352
ISBN
9781405196352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.07

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641928
ISBN
9780691641928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.43

Hardback. This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself. Editor(s): Hahn, Lewis Edwin. Series: Library of Living Philosophers. Num Pages: 840 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812691726
ISBN
9780812691726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.58
€ 54.73

Hardback. As a young student in Paris, Robert O'Connell was first enamoured of the artistic imagery of Augustine's works. Now, after years of research and study, he offers a treatment of Augustine's "image clusters" which should be of interest to readers of philosophy, theology or language. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 607.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823213474
ISBN
9780823213474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.11

Hardback. A wonderfully helpful and stimulating book.. Highly recommended.-ChoiceOne of the most comprehensive and valuable interpretations of deconstruction to date. Highly recommended.-Library Journal Editor(s): Caputo, John D. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217540
ISBN
9780823217540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.31

hardcover. This study focuses on the principles at work in the communicative use of language. It explores various aspects of explanatory and expository uses of language across a wide range of applications, ranging from the factual to the fictional, and from the expository to the literary. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690909
ISBN
9780847690909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.55

Paperback. This study focuses on the principles at work in the communicative use of language. It explores various aspects of explanatory and expository uses of language across a wide range of applications, ranging from the factual to the fictional, and from the expository to the literary. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690916
ISBN
9780847690916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.97

Hardback. Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; GTE; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334891
ISBN
9780880334891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880962
ISBN
9781589880962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.78

Hardback. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648415
ISBN
9780691648415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.78

Dialogue devoted to the relation between language and reality. This book opens up the "Cratylus" to all philosophically interested readers, as well as to cultural historians and to those whose primary concern is the history of linguistics. The introduction presents the internal dynamics of this text and explains its place within Plato's oeuvre. 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: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204171
ISBN
9780872204171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.54
€ 41.64

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

€ 68.07
€ 53.01

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