ABSTRACT
First published in 2000. This is Volume V of eight in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Mind and Language. Written in 1957, this book enquires how we use language as an instrument of reason, and whether our present use of it is efficient. The use of language for communication is treated as subsidiary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |17 pages
The Field of Enquiry
chapter |15 pages
The Methodology of Methodology
part |81 pages
The Contextual Analysis of Empirical Statements
chapter |20 pages
Empirical Criteria
chapter |26 pages
Implicit Determination
chapter |23 pages
Fact, Method, and Analogy
chapter |10 pages
Two Illustrations
part |40 pages
The Theory of Distinctions
chapter |11 pages
The Making of Distinctions
chapter |14 pages
The Technique of Distinguishing
chapter |13 pages
Paradoxes and Puzzles
part |29 pages
Traditional Methods and Expressions
chapter |12 pages
Strict Speaking
chapter |13 pages
Really and Merely
chapter |2 pages
Language and Reality
part |60 pages
Philosophical Method
chapter |32 pages
Philosophical Disputes
chapter |18 pages
Philosophical Analysis
chapter |5 pages
The Necessity of Legislation
chapter |3 pages
Conventional Agreement
part |32 pages
The Generalization of Method