Philosophy of language

In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world.[1] Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, the constitution of sentences, concepts, learning, and thought.

Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell were pivotal figures in analytic philosophy's "linguistic turn". These writers were followed by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus), the Vienna Circle, logical positivists, and Willard Van Orman Quine.[2]

  1. ^ "Philosophy of language". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. ^ "Philosophy of Language". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

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