| Description |
xi, 301 pages ; 21cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Language and culture Language and culture / by Floyd G. Lounsbury -- Some troubles with Whorfianism / by Max Black -- Language and culture / by Harvey Pitkin -- Extreme relativism / by Sara Ruddick -- pt. 2. Linguistics and philosophy Linguistics and philosophy / by Noam Chomsky -- Linguistics and philosophy / by W.V. Quine -- Innate knowledge / by Rulon Wells -- On the alleged uniqueness of language / by Reuben Abel -- Semantical vehicles, understanding and innate ideas / by Arthur Danto -- The emperor's new ideas / by Nelson Goodman -- Linguistic competence and empiricism / by Gilbert Harman -- Comments on Harman's reply / by Noam Chomsky -- Empiricism, rationalism, and innate ideas / by Sidney Hook -- On culturlogism / by Paul Kurtz -- Linguistics and epistemology / by Thomas Nagel -- On knowing a grammar / by Robert Schwartz -- Neorationalism and empiricism / by Kenneth Stern -- Is linguistic rationalism a rational linguistics? / by Marvin Zimmerman -- Language-learning models / by Leo Rauch -- Depth grammar and necessary truth / by Raziel Abelson -- pt. 3. Logic and language Natural and formal languages / by Paul Ziff -- Language, logic, and states of affairs / by Roderick Chisholm -- On Ziff's "Natural and formal languages" / by Richard M. Martin -- On formalized models of natural language / by Herbert G. Bohnert -- Effectiveness and natural languages / by George Boolos -- A note on metaphysics and language / by Gertrude Ezorsky |
| Analysis |
Semantics Philosophical aspects Conference proceedings |
| Notes |
Semantics. Philosophical aspects. Conference proceedings (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989.
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| LC no. |
69020023 |
| ISBN |
0340118652 |
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