A bold and wide-ranging study across centuries, examining the conflict between "conventional" and "magical" nominalism i......more

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Language introduces readers to the main issues and theories in the phi......more

On Revival is a critique of one of the most important tenets of Zionist thinking: "Hebrew revival," or the idea that Heb......more

Driven by an intercultural vision and comparative research, this is the first volume to bring together African and Weste......more

What is ’translation’? Even as the scholarly viewpoint of translation studies has expanded over recent years, the notion......more

Western philosophy has often claimed for itself not just a distinct sphere of knowledge, but a distinct form of communic......more

The book fosters a modern philosophical dialog capable of integrating the disconnected philosophical traditions which fo......more

Signaling without Saying develops game-theoretic approaches to social meaning to model the phenomenon of dogwhistles, pe......more

What sorts of alien languages can there be? And might reality be such that some alien language represents reality better......more

Are there nonexistent objects? Can we make sense of objects having properties without thinking that there are nonexisten......more

James Joyce’s most important innovation was to use language to mirror the reader, enabling those willing to read with op......more

James Joyce’s most important innovation was to use language to mirror the reader, enabling those willing to read with op......more

The cognitive potency of the human mind can be fully appreciated only if it is conceived of as a linguistic mind. This i......more

A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times......more

Hiding in Plain Sight is a captivating exploration of the intricate relationship between language and the concealed orde......more

The two volumes on Wittgenstein and AI aim to trace and suggest Wittgensteinian influences in some of the most cutting-e......more

The two volumes on Wittgenstein and AI aim to trace and suggest Wittgensteinian influences in some of the most cutting-e......more

Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons presents a philosophical conception of logic--"logical expressivism"--according to ......more

This book develops a novel theory of intentionality. It argues that intentionality is an internal essential relation of ......more

Intentionality Deconstructed argues for the view that no concrete entity - mental, linguistic, or any other - can posses......more

This book argues that the received view of the distinction between freedom and power must be rejected because it rests o......more

Is a whole something more than the sum of its parts? Are there things composed of the same parts? If you divide an objec......more

What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit--the preeminent figure in the ph......more

What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit--the preeminent figure in the ph......more

This volume brings together insights from leading scholars in the field of grammatical aspect to examine the multifacete......more

This book studies the origins of language. It presents language as the product of a unique non-linguistic cognitive feat......more

Each of us bears a unique name given to us at birth. When people use your name, they typically refer to you. But what is......more

Arguments help us to give reasons for things. We use them to advance reasons for their conclusions in order to explain w......more

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In Europe, and later in the United States, the revitalization of the philosophy of language emerged from the need to add......more

This Handbook represents a collective exploration of the emerging field of applied philosophy of language. The volume co......more

This volume offers a collective study of the work of P. F. Strawson (1919-2006) and an exploration of its relevance for ......more

Taking a unique approach which combines sociolinguistics with theoretical linguistics, this book presents a view of lang......more

This is a collection of essays on Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinian themes that appeared between 1996 and 2019. It is div......more

Interrogating the much-cherished concept of "poetic thinking," this book focuses on what interview and draft materials r......more

In Words and Meaning in Metasemantics, Juan José Colomina-Almiñana argues that language meaning determination requires c......more

This book uncovers the relation between figuration and science in the early modern world. It shows that changes we tend ......more

"Words and Silences tells the story of an extraordinary group of independent Nenets reindeer herders in the northwest Ru......more

"Words and Silences tells the story of an extraordinary group of independent Nenets reindeer herders in the northwest Ru......more

This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across lang......more

This book is a collection of 15 essays on important themes in Wittgenstein’s philosophy, such as linguistic normativity,......more

The Quality of Thought develops and defends the thesis that thinking is a kind of experience, characterized by a sui gen......more

Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize ra......more

Philosophy of language has been at the center of philosophical research at least since the start of the 20th century. Si......more

What makes us persons? Is it our bodies, our minds, or our consciousness? For centuries, philosophers have sought to ans......more

This volume advances discussions between critics and defenders of the force-content distinction and opens new ways of th......more

This book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of J.L. Austin’s philosophy. It opens new ways of thinking about ethic......more

Most living forms in nature display various cognitive abilities in their behaviour. However, except for humans, no other......more

Beyond Language (Oltre il Linguaggio) is one of Italian philosopher Emmanuele Severino’s major works, wrestling with whe......more

Beyond Language (Oltre il Linguaggio) is one of Italian philosopher Emmanuele Severino’s major works, wrestling with whe......more

This book charges that just about every philosophical theory of mind or language developed over the past 50 years in the......more

A short but engaging look at how questions shape our thinking. Why do we ask questions? In Questions, Pia Lauritzen expl......more

In this book, McElvenny offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth centur......more

A vital addition to Seagull’s growing Italian List that focuses on leftist Italian thought, bringing famous as well as l......more

Neopragmatism is a very general language-first approach to questions about the existence or nature of various traditiona......more

The classical Protagorean idea that the idea of absolute truth is an illusion -- that there is only ’your truth’ and ’my......more

The ideal of ’conversation’ recurs in modern thought as a symbol and practice central to ethics, democratic politics, an......more

In this book, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the ......more

This book explores the relationship between Hegel’s dialectics and formal logic. It examines the concept of dialectics, ......more

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on......more

This book explores the historical development of new moral concepts. Starting from examples of new moral terms invented ......more

A provocative case for the inherently political nature of language In The Politics of Language, David Beaver and Jason S......more

Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca ......more

This book is about rules, and especially about human capability to create, maintain and follow rules, as a root of what ......more

Addressing objective and subjective views of the self and the world in philosophy and poetry, this collection brings tog......more

A major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available t......more

Being serious demands serious kinds of work. In Styles of Seriousness, Steven Connor reflects on the surprisingly variou......more

A major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available t......more

A major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available t......more

The emergence of the alphabet in ancient Greece, usually heralded as the first step in the inexorable march toward reaso......more

The emergence of the alphabet in ancient Greece, usually heralded as the first step in the inexorable march toward reaso......more

The essays in this collection explore the idea that discursive norms--the norms governing our thought and talk--are prof......more

This book provides an account of discursive or reason-governed cognition, by synthesizing research in the philosophy of ......more

Despite the considerable attention the topic of luck has received in ethics and epistemology, very little has been publi......more

An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to th......more