Through detailed criticism of standard interpretations of key arguments in analytical philosophy over the last 60 years, Ebbs arrives at a new conception of the task of the philosophy of language. Reexamining and extending arguments by Kripke, Quine, Carnap, Putnam, and Burge, Ebbs presents systematic redescriptions of our linguistic practices.
Through detailed and trenchant criticism of standard interpretations of some of the key arguments in analytical philosophy over the last sixty years, this book arrives at a new conception of the proper starting point and task of the philosophy of language.< P>
