Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?

By: Ian Hacking, Hacking

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Paperback | 22 December 1975

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Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and must in some sense continue to do so. Ian Hacking considers here some dozen case studies in the history of philosophy to show the different ways in which language has been important, and the consequences for the development of the subject. There are chapters on, among others, Hobbes, Berkeley, Russell, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Chomsky, Feyerabend and Davidson. Dr Hacking ends by speculating about the directions in which philosophy and the study of language seem likely to go. The book will provide students with a stimulating, broad survey of problems in the theory of meaning and the development of philosophy, particularly in this century. The topics treated in the philosophy of language are among the central, current concerns of philosophers, and the historical framework makes it possible to introduce concretely and intelligibly all the main theoretical issues.

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Preface	p. vii
Strategy	p. 1
The heyday of ideas
Thomas Hobbes' mental discourse	p. 15
Port Royal's ideas	p. 26
Bishop Berkeley's abstractions	p. 34
Nobody's theory of meaning	p. 43
The heyday of meanings
Noam Chomsky's innatism	p. 57
Bertrand Russell's acquaintance	p. 70
Ludwig Wittgenstein's articulation	p. 82
A. J. Ayer's verification	p. 93
Norman Malcolm's dreams	p. 103
The heyday of sentences
Paul Feyerabend's theories	p. 115
Donald Davidson's truth	p. 129
Tarski's theory	p. 130
Problems and extensions	p. 134
The theory of meaning	p. 140
The verification of T-sentences	p. 144
Charity and humanity	p. 146
The determinacy of translation	p. 150
Why does language matter to philosophy?	p. 157
The heyday of ideas	p. 163
The heyday of meanings	p. 170
The heyday of sentences	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 197
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