Harré / Harris Linguistics and Philosophy

The Controversial Interface
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9922-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 13, 266 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Language and Communication Library

As hopes that generative linguistics might solve philosophical problems about the mind give way to disillusionment, old problems concerning the relationship between linguistics and philosophy survive unresolved. This collection surveys the historical engagement between the two, and opens up avenues for further reflection. In Part 1 two contrasting views are presented of the interface nowadays called 'philosophy of linguistics'. Part 2 gives a detailed historical survey of the engagement of analytic philosophy with linguistic problems during the present century, and sees the imposition by philosophers of an 'exploratory' model of thinking as a major challenge to the discipline of linguistics. Part 3 poses the problem of whether linguistics is dedicated to describing independently existing linguistic structures or to imposing its own structures on linguistic phenomena. In Part 4 Harris points out some similarities in the way an eminent linguist and an eminent philosopher invoke the analogy between languages and games; while Taylor analyses the rationale of our metalinguistic claims and their relationship to linguistic theorizing. Providing a wide range of views and ideas this book will be of interest to all those interested and involved in the interface of philosophy and linguistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harré, R.

Harris, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Linguistics and Philosophy: The Controversial Interface;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;List of Contributors;8
6;Preface;10
7;Part 1: Demarcation Disputes;14
7.1;Chapter 1. What is philosophy of linguistics;16
7.1.1;References;32
7.2;Chapter 2. Why is there no 'true' philosophy of linguistics?;34
7.2.1;Notes;52
7.2.2;References;52
8;Part 2: Philosophical Approaches;56
8.1;Chapter 3. Analytic philosophy and language;58
8.1.1;The Agenda of Analytic Philosophy;58
8.1.2;Why the Philosophy of Language;62
8.1.3;Alternative Philosophical Views of Language;67
8.1.4;Philosophy of Language as Elimination (Quine);71
8.1.5;Philosophy of Language as Explication (Wittgenstein);75
8.1.6;Philosophy of Language as Exploration (Neo-Carnapians);81
8.1.7;Quine's Elimination vs. Kripke's Exploration;89
8.1.8;Summary of the Analytic Philosophy of Language;93
8.1.9;Wittgensteinian Explication vs. Analytic Philosophy of Language;94
8.1.10;Ordinary Language Philosophy50;103
8.1.11;Summary;110
8.1.12;The Relevance of Analytic Philosophy to Linguistics;111
8.1.13;Notes;112
8.1.14;References;118
8.2;Chapter 4. Solving and dissolving: patrolling the boundaries of language;122
8.2.1;Introduction;122
8.2.2;Solving the Problem of 'the Self ';124
8.2.3;The Rationality of Scientific Discourse;127
8.2.4;Halting the Regresses of Consciousness;131
8.2.5;The Boundaries of Linguistics;134
8.2.6;References;135
8.3;Chapter 5. Linguistic Creativity;138
8.3.1;I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTIC CREATIVITY;141
8.3.2;II. LINGUISTICS AFTER MECHANISM;156
8.3.3;Notes;170
8.3.4;References;173
9;Part 3: Linguistic Approaches;176
9.1;Chapter 6. Analysis and notation: the case for a non-realist linguistics;178
9.1.1;References;191
9.2;Chapter 7. Negativism as an effective methodology in linguistic description;192
9.2.1;References;209
9.3;Chapter 8. Processualism in linguistic theory and method;212
9.3.1;Six or Seven Fallacies of Structural Linguistics;214
9.3.2;A Kiss and a Promise;223
9.3.3;Idealism versus Objectivism in Structuralist Theory: A Processualist Critique;223
9.3.4;The Aristotelian Precedent for a Critique of Structuralism: A Footnote;227
9.3.5;Material cause;227
9.3.6;Formal cause;228
9.3.7;Final cause;228
9.3.8;Efficient cause;228
9.3.9;Acknowledgements;228
9.3.10;References;229
10;Part 4: Convergences?;230
10.1;Chapter 9. Saussure, Wittgenstein and la règle du jeu;232
10.1.1;References;244
10.2;Chapter 10. Why we need a theory of language;246
10.2.1;References;259
11;Author Index;262
12;Subject Index;266