Language and Empiricism - After the Vienna Circle

Siobhan Chapman & Arts & Humanities Research Council (great Britain)

Language: English

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: Apr 17, 2008

Description:

This book compares attitudes to empiricism in language study from mid-twentieth century philosophy of language and from present-day linguistics. It focuses on responses to the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle, particularly in the work of British philosopher J. L. Austin and the much less well-known work of Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess.