Zusatztext Regardless of one's perspective, this book is well worth reading, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in philosophy of language, linguistics or the intersection between the two disciplines. If you share Collins' basic assumptions, he provides a cogent defence of how one of the workhorses of syntax, Merge, offers a way into the problem of unity. If you do not share his assumptions, the book challenges alternative approaches in ways that will surely sparklively and fruitful exchanges ... Regardless of your position on these issues, the last chapter is not to be missed: it contains what may well be the best philosophical discussion of Merge and its place in linguistics. Informationen zum Autor John Collins is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He has published widely in the philosophies of language and mind, and has a special interest in generative linguistics, the concepts of truth and meaning, and early analytical philosophy. He is the author of numerous articles in leading journals and Chomsky: A Guide for the Perplexed (2008). Klappentext John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition--how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. Zusammenfassung John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition-how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1 Thoughts, sentences, and unities; 2 The unity problem(s); 3 The priority thesis: judgement over naming; 4 The reign of disunity; 5 Syntax and the creation of objects: towards an explanation of unity; 6 Clarification and defence; 7 The linguistic status of Merge; Bibliography; Index ...

Autorentext
John Collins is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He has published widely in the philosophies of language and mind, and has a special interest in generative linguistics, the concepts of truth and meaning, and early analytical philosophy. He is the author of numerous articles in leading journals and Chomsky: A Guide for the Perplexed (2008).

Klappentext

John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition--how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives.

Inhalt

• Preface

• 1: Thoughts, sentences, and unities

• 2: The unity problem(s)

• 3: The priority thesis: judgement over naming

• 4: The reign of disunity

• 5: Syntax and the creation of objects: towards an explanation of unity

• 6: Clarification and defence

• 7: The linguistic status of Merge

• Bibliography

• Index