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Second edition. An important guide to a challenging area of study in philosophy.
Synopsis
An introduction to the philosophy of language, this work discusses one of the areas of study in philosophy. It provides students with the tools useful to understand contemporary analytical philosophy. It includes material on Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Davidson as well as chapters on the causal theory of reference and semantic externalism.