Perspectives in the Philosophy of Language

Acknowledgements
Preface

I. Syntax and Semantics
(The System Perspective)

1. Noam Chomsky, “Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin and Use”
2. Gottlob Frege, “Ueber Sinn und Bedeutung”
3. Bertrand Russell, “Descriptions”
4. Donald Davidson, “Truth and Meaning”
5. Saul Kripke, “Identity and Necessity”

II. Mental States and Linguistic Content
(The Knowledge Perspective)

A. Meanings and Ideas

6. H. Paul Grice, “Meaning”
7. Jerry A. Fodor, “Propositional Attitudes”
8. Daniel C. Dennett, “Three Kinds of Intentional Psychology”

B. Skeptical Worries

9. W.V. Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
10. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Selections from Philosophical Investigations

III. Language and Speakers
(The Use Perspective)

A. Speech Acts

11. John L. Austin, “Performative Utterances”
12. John R. Searle, “What Is A Speech Act?”

B. Speaker’s Meaning and Reference

13. H. Paul Grice, “Logic and Conversation”
14. Peter F. Strawson, “On Referring”
15. Keith Donnellan, “Reference and Definite Descriptions”
16. Donald Davidson, “What Metaphors Mean”

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