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Parent topics
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
- Philosophy [r]: The study of the meaning and justification of beliefs about the most general, or universal, aspects of things. [e]
Subtopics
- Definite descriptions [r]: Linguistic expressions that describe a particular, definite object and fit the form "The F is G". [e]
- Indeterminancy of translation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Indexicals [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Holophrastic indeterminacy [r]: The view that there is more than one correct method of translating sentences that differ in their claims about the net import of entire sentences. [e]
- Linguistic turn [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Private language argument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Proper names [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quantifiers [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Reference (philosophy) [r]: Issue in philosophy of language regarding the nature of the relationship between word and world: names, general terms, indexicals and definite descriptions. [e]
Philosophers of language
- Donald Davidson [r]: (1917—2003) American philosopher of language and mind. [e]
- Saul Kripke [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Stuart Mill [r]: Leading 19th-century British philosopher who made major contributions to ethics, economics, and political philosophy. [e]
- Willard van Orman Quine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richard Rorty [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Searle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- P.F. Strawson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alfred Tarski [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ludwig Wittgenstein [r]: (1889–1951) Austrian-born philosopher, author of the Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations. [e]