Alexander Miller

An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics

Crispin Wright

Bob Hale

“Providing up-to-date, in-depth coverage of the central question, and written and edited by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, this timely new edition will no doubt be a go-to reference for anyone with a serious interest in the philosophy of language.” Kathrin Glüer-Pagin, Stockholm University Now published in two volumes, the second edition of the best-selling Companion to the Philosophy of Language provides a complete survey of contemporary philosophy of language. The Companion has been greatly extended and now includes a monumental 17 new essays – with topics chosen by the editors, who curated suggestions from current contributors – and almost all of the 25 original chapters have been updated to take account of recent developments in the field. In addition to providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts, and debates, each essay introduces new and original contributions to ongoing debates, as well as addressing a number of new areas of interest, including two-dimensional semantics, modality and epistemic modals, and semantic relationism. The extended “state-of-the-art” chapter format allows the authors, all of whom are internationally eminent scholars in the field, to incorporate original research to a far greater degree than competitor volumes. Unrivaled in scope, this volume represents the best contemporary critical thinking relating to the philosophy of language.

A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, 2 Volume Set

Crispin Wright is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential analytic philosophers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This volume is a collective exploration of the major themes of his work in philosophy of language, philosophical logic, and philosophy of mathematics. It comprises specially written chapters by a group of internationally renowned thinkers, as well as four substantial responses from Wright. In these thematically organized replies, Wright summarizes his life's work and responds to the contributory essays collected in this book. In bringing together such scholarship, the present volume testifies to both the enormous interest in Wright's thought and the continued relevance of Wright's seminal contributions in analytic philosophy for present-day debates;

Themes from the Philosophy of Crispin Wright

Logic, Language, and Mathematics

This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy. The second edition includes new material on: Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Davidson as well as new chapters on the causal theory of reference, possible worlds semantics and semantic externalism.

Philosophy of Language

Dying before birth and then miraculously revived, Alexander Miller's first moments seemed to set the tone for the rest of his life. Taken from a safe and loving environment by their mother, Alex and his sibling's travel back to Chicago. Escaping death numerous times on the egregious streets of Chicago's Southside, surviving the abuse of neglecting caretakers and eventually on the verge of being placed in custody of the state, the ten year old begins to lose many things-including sanity. Later relocating to California to live with his father, Alex is once again reunited with the more peaceful and tame side of life. Quickly catching on in school and later in sports, his life does a complete 360. Problems after high school arise and seem to almost crush him, however, and see him contemplating life's worth in a mental intervention program. Through a series of miracles as well as hardships, Alex is taught many lessons in life earlier than most. Stern, yet speckled with humor, The Heart of a City provides an honest, bold and sometimes disturbing look into the life a man with an uncanny story to tell.

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