The philosophy of language sets out to provide deep insights into certain general features of language such as reference, truth, meaning and necessity. We will study all of these, but emphasize ...

We use language all the time to express our thoughts and understand others. But how does language work? What is it that makes squiggles on a page, or strings of noises meaningful? What are these ...

Philosophy is an ancient discipline that sought knowledge of all things on earth and in heaven. Philosophy in the ancient world was the parent of most scientific disciplines. Study of philosophy at ...

The Journal of Philosophy was founded in 1904 as The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods by Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and J. McKeen Cattell. In 1906, Wendell T. Bush became ...

Xunzi's philosophy of language stressed both language's value attribute and its cognitive attribute, and it is the greatest achievement of pre-Qin dynasty's philosophy of language.

“What is philosophy?” is a very philosophical question, in that it lacks a clear and straightforward answer. When they asked it to 49 prominent colleagues, British philosophers Nigel Warburton ...

In other words, there has been progress in philosophy, and those persons who are unaware of the philosophy of language are simply not at the frontiers. Nearly all the philosophy we will read in this ...

We use language all the time to express our thoughts and understand others. But how does language work? What is it that makes squiggles on a page, or strings of noises meaningful? What are these ...