How to Understand Language

A Philosophical Inquiry

By Bernhard Weiss
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Hardcover : 9780773537347, 288 pages, February 2010
Paperback : 9780773537354, 288 pages, February 2010
Ebook (PDF) : 9780773594654, January 2010

Description

An ambitious work that endorses a broad approach, it argues strongly against the roles both of truth theory and of radical interpretation. Weiss discusses a range of relevant themes relating to language, including translation, interpretation, normativity, community, and rules in order to reshape our understanding of language. A rigorous and systematic analysis, How to Understand Language advances the work of key thinkers in the area.