Logic, Thought and Language [Paperback]

Original essays by leading philosophers on topics of logic, thought and language.Much contemporary philosophical debate centres on the topics of logic, thought and language, and on the connections between these topics. This collection of articles is based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2000--2001. Its contributors include a number of those working at the forefront of the field, and in their papers they reflect their own current pre-occupations. As such, the volume will be of interest to all philosophers, whether their own work is within the areas of language and thought or not.Much contemporary philosophical debate centres on the topics of logic, thought and language, and on the connections between these topics. This collection of articles is based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2000--2001. Its contributors include a number of those working at the forefront of the field, and in their papers they reflect their own current pre-occupations. As such, the volume will be of interest to all philosophers, whether their own work is within the areas of language and thought or not.Contemporary philosophical debate centers on the topics of logic, thought and language, and on the connections between these topics. This collection of articles is based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2000--2001. Its contributors include many prominent thinkers whose papers reflect current preoccupations. As such, the volume is of interest to all philosophers, whether their concerns are within the areas of language and thought or not.1. What logic should we think with? R. M. Sainsbury; 2. Mental representation and mental presentation Gregory McCulloch; 3. Self-knowledge, normativity and construction Julia Tanney; 4. The normativity of meaning Alan Millar; 5. Two theories of names Gabriel M. A. Segal; 6. Relativism and classical logic Crispin Wright; 7. Principles for possibilia Christopher PeaclÓË