PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE PART ONE OUTLINE I. II. Introduction to philosophy of language Language and meaning A. B. IV. Clarifying ambiguity and vagueness A. Classification of concepts B. Intensional and extensional Ideational‚ referential‚ and use theories of meaning Levels of language: Linguistic‚ speech‚ and conversational acts Syntactic and semantic ambiguity Vagueness meaning C. Definitions 1. 2. 3. III. Language and clarity A. B. Definitions and their purposes
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syntax and speech act theory. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatic investigations cover the fields of both linguistics and philosophy. In language studies‚ pragmatics is a very wide field. It examines our use and our understanding of the language we speak and hear‚ read and write. Pragmatics examines the importance in language studies of our general knowledge‚ and the importance of
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or the ridiculous. Many poets‚ novelists and songwriters have used nonsense in their works‚ often creating entire works using it for reasons ranging from pure comic amusement or satire‚ to illustrating a point about language or reasoning. In the philosophy of language and philosophy of science‚ nonsense is distinguished from sense or meaningfulness‚ and attempts have been made to come up with a coherent and consistent method of distinguishing sense from nonsense. It is also an important field of
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philosophy [fɪˈlɒsəfɪ] n pl -phies 1. (Philosophy) the academic discipline concerned with making explicit the nature and significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs and investigating the intelligibility of concepts by means of rational argument concerning their presuppositions‚ implications‚ and interrelationships; in particular‚ the rational investigation of the nature and structure of reality (metaphysics)‚ the resources and limits of knowledge (epistemology)‚ the principles and import of
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PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition
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Filosofici 1‚ 2006 / Testi Russell‚ Bertrand‚ On denoting‚ «Mind»‚ 14‚ 1905; reprinted in T.M. Olshewsky (ed.)‚ Problems in the Philosophy of Language‚ Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston‚ New York 1969‚ pp Searle‚ John R.‚ Vanderveken‚ Daniel‚ Foundations of Illocutionary Logic‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge‚ 1985. Tarski‚ Alfred‚ The semantic conception of truth‚ «Philosophy and Phenomenological Research»‚ V‚ 1944; reprinted in T.M
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distinct principles. The first‚ linguistic determinism‚ says that the language humans speak determines the way they think about the world. The second‚ linguistic relativity‚ says that the differences in human languages are reflected in the different worldviews of the people who speak those languages. We can use the ideas encompassed in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis to explore Ludwig Wittgenstein’s argument‚ "the limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Wittenstein was a prominent philosopher
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Critically assess Wittgenstein’s belief that language games allow religious statements to have meaning. [35 marks] The term “religious language” refers to statements or claims made about God or gods‚ the debate over the meaning of religious language is one that is very controversial. One philosopher to join this debate and present a theory on religious language was Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein is considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century; Wittgenstein played a central and
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COMPETENCE: Ability to use the language correctly and appropriately to accomplish communication goals. The desired outcome of the language learning process is the ability to communicate competently‚ not the ability to use the language exactly as a native speaker does. (English Varieties). History and development of different Theories: Noam Chomsky (1965): The idea was originally derived from Chomsky’s distinction between competence and performace. Language is a psychological process that
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2014190046 – DaYe Shin Professor Colin Caret World Philosophy (UIC1901-03) October 31th 2014 Vagueness: The Sorites Paradox and Supervaluationism Vagueness is common and pervasive in our everyday use of language. Being bald‚ tall or red are all vague concepts which are used without being detected as such. Vagueness is caused by “borderline cases”‚ cases in which “we do not know what to say‚ despite having all the information that would normally fix the correct verdict” (Paradoxes‚ p.41). To illustrate
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