Author: Max Kolbel

The truth of an utterance depends on various factors. Usually these factors are assumed to be: the meaning of the sentence uttered, the context in which the utterance was made, and the way things are …

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) has exerted a more powerful influence on contemporary philosophy than any other twentieth-century thinker. But what is the nature of this influence and why has it prov …

Strong addition to our Wittgenstein list, publishing at the same time as two other Wittgenstein titles Almost all papers are new, and by world-class philosophers across many differenct areas of the s …

Strong addition to our Wittgenstein list, publishing at the same time as two other Wittgenstein titles Almost all papers are new, and by world-class philosophers across many differenct areas of the s …

Truth without Objectivity provides a critique of the mainstream view of ‘meaning’. Kolbel examines the standard solutions to the conflict implicit in this view, demonstrating their inadequacy and dev …

Truth without Objectivity provides a critique of the mainstream view of ‘meaning’. Kolbel examines the standard solutions to the conflict implicit in this view, demonstrating their inadequacy and dev …

Beginning with works of Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein, The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Language provides a critical history of the core concepts in the area. From generative syntax a …

In this volume, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa.In logic and semantics there are two …

In this volume, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa.In logic and semantics there are two …