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The Philosophy of Language

Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues

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  • © 1974

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  1. Albert Borgmann
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Historical Foundations of the Philosophy of Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Origin of the Philosophy of Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Foundation of the Philosophy of Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 19-36

    4. The Exploration of the Range of Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 37-67

    5. Language and the Rise of the Modern Era

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 68-88

  3. Contemporary Issues in the Philosophy of Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Language and Precision

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 91-112

    3. Ordinary Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 113-125

    4. The Eminence of Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 126-140

    5. The Structure of Language

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 141-160

  4. Contemporary Issues in the Philosophy of Language

    1. Conclusion

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 161-162

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 163-173
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About this book

This book deals with the philosophy of language and with what is at issue in the philosophy of language. Due to its intensity and diversity, the philosophy of language has attained the position of first philosophy in this century. To show this is the task of Part Two. But the task can be accomplished only if it is first made clear how language came to be a problem in and for philosophy and how this development has influ­ enced and has failed to influence our understanding of language. This is done in Part One. What is at issue in the philosophy of language today is the question regarding the source of meaning. More precisely the question is whether we have access to such a source. Again Part One presents the necessary foil for Part Two in showing how meaning was thought to originate in Western history and how the rise of the philosophy of language and the eclipse of the origin of meaning occurred jointly. Today the question of meaning has come to a peculiarly elaborate and fruitful issue in the philosophy of language, and the fate of the philosophy of language is bound up with the future possibilities of meaning.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Philosophy of Language

  • Book Subtitle: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues

  • Authors: Albert Borgmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2025-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-1589-3Published: 31 May 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2025-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 173

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language

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