LINGUIST List 10.1447

Mon Oct 4 1999

Books: Philosophy of Lang, Lang & Gender

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Directory

  • Jud Wolfskill, Philosophy of Lang - M. Devitt & K. Sterelny, Language & Reality
  • ashlee carolyn bailey, Lang & Gender - Proceedings of the 5th Berkeley Women and Lang Conf

    Message 1: Philosophy of Lang - M. Devitt & K. Sterelny, Language & Reality

     Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 14:52:25 -0400
    From: Jud Wolfskill <wolfskilMIT.EDU>
    Subject: Philosophy of Lang - M. Devitt & K. Sterelny, Language & Reality


    The following is a book which readers of this list might find of interest. For more information please visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/DEVAP2S99

    Language and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language, second edition

    Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny

    What is language? How does it relate to the world? How does it relate to the mind? Should our view of language influence our view of the world? These are among the central issues covered in this spirited and unusually clear introduction to the philosophy of language.

    Making no pretense of neutrality, Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny take a definite theoretical stance. Central to that stance is naturalism--that is, they treat a philosophical theory of language as an empirical theory like any other and see people as nothing but complex parts of the physical world. This leads them, controversially, to a deflationary view of the significance of the study of language: they dismiss the idea that the philosophy of language should be preeminent in philosophy.

    This successful textbook has been extensively rewritten for the second edition to reflect recent developments in the field.

    Michael Devitt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. Kim Sterelny is Reader in Philosophy at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

    6 x 9, 325 pp., paper ISBN 0-262-54099-1

    A Bradford Book



    Message 2: Lang & Gender - Proceedings of the 5th Berkeley Women and Lang Conf

     Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 11:43:31 -0700
    From: ashlee carolyn bailey <ashleecbsocrates.berkeley.edu>
    Subject: Lang & Gender - Proceedings of the 5th Berkeley Women and Lang Conf


    "Endgendering Communication", the Proceedings of the Fifth Berkeley Women and Language Conference is now availble.

    Also, we are having a sale on past volumes. For each copy of Engendering Communication (1998) that you purchase at regular price, you are entitled to receive one copy each of Gender and Belief Systems (1996) and Cultural Performances (1994) for half price.

    Regular price: All books $40 for individuals and $50 for institutions.

    Visit our website for an order form: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/BWLG/
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