A companion to the philosophy of language

Volume I -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Part I Meaning and Theories`of Meaning -- Chapter 1 Metaphysics, Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Language -- 1 Two Positions -- 2 Dummett and Thought -- 3 Wittgenstein, Early and Late -- 4 Carnap and Quine -- 5 Ordinary Language Philosophy -- 6 The Turn Back -- 7 The Larger Picture -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Meaning and Truth-Conditions: From Frege's Grand Design to Davidson's -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Intention and Convention in the Theory of Meaning -- 1 Lewis on the Public-Language Relation -- 2 Intention-Based Semantics -- 3 An Almost-Gricean Semantics -- 4 What Endures? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Meaning, Use, Verification -- 1 Meaning as Use -- 2 Verificationism -- 3 Rules and Norms -- Notes -- References -- Postscript -- Meaning Is Use -- Use and Assertion -- A First Response: Specialized Assertion Conditions -- A Second Response: Adding to Assertion Conditions -- Fitch's Paradox or the Paradox of Knowability -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Semantics and Pragmatics -- 1 Pragmatics and Semantics -- 2 Austin on Locutionary, Illocutionary, and Perlocutionary Acts -- 3 Grice on Illocutionary Acts -- 4 Grice on Basic and Derivative Illocutionary Acts -- 5 The Orthodox View -- 6 Occasion-Sensitivity -- 7 Basic and Derivative Illocutionary Acts -- 8 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6 Pragmatics -- 1 Semantic Properties -- 2 The Pragmatic View -- 3 Domestications -- 4 Implicature -- 5 Metaphysics -- 6 Perspective -- 7 Thoughts -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Postscript -- In Retrospect -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 On the Linguistic Status of Context Sensitivity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terms of Debate