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Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language and reality. For continental philosophers, however, the philosophy of language tends to be dealt with, not as a separate topic, but as a part of logic, history or politics. (See the section "Language and Continental Philosophy" below.) First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning, and seek to explain what it means to "mean" something. Topics in that vein include the nature of synonymy, the origins of meaning itself, and how any meaning can ever really be known. Another project under this heading of special interest to analytic philosophers of language is the investigation into the manner in which sentences are composed into a meaningful whole out of the meaning of its parts. Second, they would like to understand what speakers and listeners do with language in communication, and how it is used socially. Specific interests may include the topics of language learning, language creation, and speech acts. Third, they would like to know how language relates to the minds of both the speaker and the interpreter. Of specific interest is the grounds for successful translation of words into other words. Finally, they investigate how language and meaning relate to truth and the world. Philosophers tend to be less concerned with which sentences are actually true, and more with what kinds of meanings can be true or false. A truth-oriented philosopher of language might wonder whether or not a meaningless sentence can be true or false, or whether or not sentences can express propositions about things that do not exist, rather than the way sentences are used. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License language connection with philosophy and mathematics? Q. Does language have a connection with philosophy and mathematics? If it does how do they relate with each other? Asked by em - Thu Apr 2 01:28:23 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Does language have a connection with philosophy. Yes Philosophy has always been concerned with the use of language on account of how language influences our perception of reality and truth. For example, Aristotle held that the metaphysical knowledge of something depended on having the right definition. In more recent time philosophers like Wittgenstein inquired into how language can meaningful at all. Mathematics itself is a language of logical relations between quantities. If we look at mathematical physics we can see that mathematics has the same influence on the perception of reality and truth as ordinary verbal language. Language itself is something that humans are thrown into. It is the presupposition that we project onto… [cont.] Answered by Devin L - Thu Apr 2 02:00:28 2009 how many people here speak or know Farsi (Persian)-- the language of philosophy and poetry? Q. the greatest philosophers and poets in history were persian. Asked by Iran (Persia) - Tue May 13 19:49:48 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Salam, Chi tori? Man Canadia hastam, Amreeca nistam. Marg barg Amreeca. (joking) It's about all I remember, and some few odd words, and yes the poetry, and history of Persia is really rather wonderful. Peace Always. Beyond this world and life we know there is Someone watching over us. To know Him is not in our power. But once in a glimpse I saw that we are His shadow and our shadow is the world. Rumi Answered by HopelessZ00 - Tue May 13 22:14:55 2008 Do you think that Philosophy is merely a vicious Language Game as Wittgenstein asserted it ?
Q. Do you think that Philosophy is merely a vicious Language Game as Wittgenstein asserted it ? Asked by FauxPas - Mon Jan 2 13:51:07 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. wittgenstein was correct. but the effects of this were underestimated until Heidegger and Derrida. Language is the mode of being for us. And if language is "a game", then so is our being. Play time. which leaves us morally unfounded, logically unfounded, floating in jetsam of nothingness until we die. That's life. vicious? disturbingly so. Answered by mezizany - Mon Jan 2 14:14:01 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Philosophy of Language"
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