ABSTRACT

In the 1960s and 1970s questions about the semantics of natural languages were of central concern to the vast majority of analytic philosophers. The work of Chomsky, Davidson, Grice, Donnellan, Kaplan, Kripke and Putnam was widely read by non-specialists. The three main branches of linguistics that are of special philosophical significance-syntax,

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

From Ordinary Use and Regimentation to Systematic Theory

part One|74 pages

Philosophy, Syntax, and Semantics

chapter 1|23 pages

Perceptual Reports Revisited

chapter 2|48 pages

Coloring and Composition

part Two|83 pages

Philosophy, Semantics, and Pragmatics

part Three|39 pages

Linguistics and Philosophy of Science

chapter 5|22 pages

Moral Competence

part Four|79 pages

A Case Study in Philosophy and Linguistics: Mixed Quotation