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  • Language, Discourse, and Praxis in Ancient China

    by Zhenbin Sun ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book investigates Chinese comprehension and treatment of the relationship between language and reality. The work examines ancient Chinese philosophy through the pair of concepts known as ming-shi. By analyzing the pre-Qin thinkers’ discourse on ming and shi, the work explores how Chinese philosophers dealt with issues not only in language but also in ontology, epistemology, ethics, axiology, ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Grammar, Philosophy, and Logic

    by Bruce Silver ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Logic of Metaphor

    Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds

    by Eric Steinhart ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Victor Dudman's Grammar and Semantics

    by J. Curthoys, V. Dudman ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Victor Dudman's revolutionary English Grammar brings grammar and logic together by conceiving grammar as 'the necessary preliminary to logic'. The focus, for logicians, is the discussion of 'conditionals'; for grammarians it is the concise and accurate explanation of the infamous English modals. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Montague Semantics

    by D. R. Dowty, S. Peters, R. Wall ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book we hope to acquaint the reader with the fundamentals of truth conditional model-theoretic semantics, and in particular with a version of this developed by Richard Montague in a series of papers published during the 1960's and early 1970's. In many ways the paper 'The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English' (commonly abbreviated PTQ) represents the culmination of ... Read more

    $307.99 CAD

  • Pronouns in Embedded Contexts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

    Edited by Patrick Georg Grosz, Sarah Zobel, Pritty Patel-Grosz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents studies on pronouns in embedded contexts, and offers fundamental insights into this central area of research. Much of the recent research on pronouns has shown that embedded environments, such as clausal complements of attitude predicates, provide a window into the nature of pronouns. Pronouns in such environments not only exhibit familiar distinctions such as that between ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Cognition, Agency and Rationality

    Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium on Cognitive Science

    Edited by E. Sosa, K. Korta, X. Arrazola ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    As usual, the Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Cognitive Science include leading-edge work by outstanding researchers in the field. This volume contains three kinds of papers corresponding to three of the main disciplines in cognitive science: philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence. The title - Cognition, Agency and Rationality - captures the main issues addressed by the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Indirect Reports and Pragmatics

    Interdisciplinary Studies

    Edited by Alessandro Capone, Ferenc Kiefer, Franco Lo Piparo ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers the reader a singular overview of current thinking on indirect reports. The contributors are eminent researchers from the fields of philosophy of language, theoretical linguistics and communication theory, who answer questions on this important issue. This exciting area of controversy has until now mostly been treated from the viewpoint of philosophy. This volume adds the views ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Concepts of Meaning

    Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior

    Edited by M. Ulkan, G. Preyer, G. Peter ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Concepts of Meaning includes contributions from well-known philosophers of language and semanticists. It is a useful collection for students in philosophy of language, semantics and epistemology. This work discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective.An integrated theory of linguistic behavior should ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Aspects of Metaphor

    Edited by Jaakko Hintikka ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Jaakko Hintikka is the author or co-author of thirty volumes and of some 300 scholarly articles in mathematical and philosophical logic, epistemology, language theory, philosophy of science, history of ideas and history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Peirce, The Bloomsbury Group, Husserl and Wittgenstein. He has also been active in international scholarly ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Exercise of Power in Communication

    Devices, Reception and Reaction

    Edited by R. Schulze, H. Pishwa ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the various choices speakers or communicators make when expressing power relations in modern societies. The volume brings together several disciplines, such as linguistics, sociology, communication studies and social psychology, to give insight into how interactants co-construct different aspects of power in their everyday life. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Narration as Argument

    Edited by Paula Olmos ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book presents reflections on the relationship between narratives and argumentative discourse. It focuses on their functional and structural similarities or dissimilarities, and offers diverse perspectives and conceptual tools for analyzing the narratives’ potential power for justification, explanation and persuasion. Divided into two sections, the first Part, under the title “Narratives as ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD