Philosophy of Language - Page 2 - The Philosophy Forum Archive

Metaphors and validity

by _db April 06, 2022 at 01:35 39 comments

What type of figure of speech is "to see"

by KantDane21 March 21, 2022 at 08:20 12 comments

Praying and Wishing are Wireless Communications

by L'éléphant February 27, 2022 at 04:10 48 comments

A Mathematical Interpretation of Wittgenstein's Rule Following Paradox

by Agent Smith January 27, 2022 at 18:24 47 comments

The Meaning of Performance

by kudos January 16, 2022 at 14:18 12 comments

Should hinge propositions be taken as given/factual for a language game to make sense ?

by Eskander January 10, 2022 at 17:20 434 comments

Can a Metaphor be a single word?

by jancanc December 20, 2021 at 14:42 93 comments

Carnap's distinction between Formal and Material Statements

by Josh Alfred November 26, 2021 at 12:13 1 comments

This is the title of a discussion about self-reference

by T_Clark November 19, 2021 at 18:14 64 comments

Strawson's Constructed Concepts

by Shawn November 17, 2021 at 23:21 0 comments

power of words terrorism and hate speech

by Athena November 03, 2021 at 20:03 2 comments

Interpreting what others say - does it require common sense?

by Cidat November 02, 2021 at 16:51 21 comments

The Essence Of Wittgenstein

by TheMadFool October 22, 2021 at 04:42 605 comments

Kripke and Santa Claus

by Shawn October 15, 2021 at 23:30 5 comments

Language and Ontology

by Shawn October 10, 2021 at 18:46 11 comments

Devitt: "Dummett's Anti-Realism"

by Banno October 08, 2021 at 22:24 36 comments

Is anyone else concerned with the ubiquitous use of undefined terms in philosophical discourse?

by Cartesian trigger-puppets October 04, 2021 at 07:48 47 comments

Realism

by Banno October 02, 2021 at 01:29 494 comments

On Aristotelian Argumentation and Debate

by thewonder October 01, 2021 at 23:50 4 comments

The important question of what understanding is.

by Daemon September 29, 2021 at 23:03 214 comments

Some remarks on Wittgenstein's private language argument (PLA)

by Sam26 September 14, 2021 at 10:52 773 comments

What are the differences between lexis, lexicon, vocabulary?

by scherz0 September 14, 2021 at 03:36 0 comments

How is language useful?

by Wheatley September 14, 2021 at 01:43 13 comments

Fundamentality of meaning and its ontological consequences

by Voidrunner September 11, 2021 at 15:41 2 comments

What is a Fact?

by Athena September 11, 2021 at 00:28 798 comments

Are there things we can’t describe with the English language?

by Cidat September 07, 2021 at 18:07 196 comments

The etymological prejudice of the word gypsy.

by javi2541997 August 20, 2021 at 17:36 21 comments

How do "if" conditionals and human intentions relate?

by Josh Alfred August 15, 2021 at 03:14 6 comments

Correspondence theory of truth and mathematics.

by Shawn August 12, 2021 at 21:57 66 comments

Moods are neurotransmitter levels working in the brain.

by Shawn August 06, 2021 at 21:41 25 comments

Wittgenstein AND/OR Family!

by TheMadFool August 02, 2021 at 19:33 67 comments

Nouns, Consciousness, and perception

by Hello Human August 01, 2021 at 15:04 30 comments

Why do these Legal Philosophy textbooks write 'differential' as an adjective, not 'different'?

by scherz0 July 31, 2021 at 01:49 3 comments

Referring to the unknown.

by Aidan buk July 29, 2021 at 12:03 197 comments

An expedition into Meinong's Jungle.

by Shawn July 21, 2021 at 17:56 11 comments

Is there a reasonably strong solution to Kripke's rule following paradox besides the ones mentioned

by Wittgenstein July 18, 2021 at 04:05 2 comments

Logical Absurdities?

by Corvus July 13, 2021 at 13:45 98 comments

Spanishly, Englishly, Japanesely

by Streetlight July 07, 2021 at 14:50 44 comments

The world is the totality of facts, not of things.

by Shawn June 26, 2021 at 21:54 10 comments

The fact-hood of certain entities like "Santa" and "Pegasus"?

by Shawn June 24, 2021 at 23:11 61 comments

Pragmatism as the intensional effects on actions.

by Shawn June 19, 2021 at 18:47 26 comments

Wittgenstein's Social Reality

by Shawn June 04, 2021 at 20:51 21 comments

Puzzle game: Philosophers wordplay.

by Tiberiusmoon May 18, 2021 at 12:38 4 comments

Is English the easiest language to learn?

by Benj96 May 14, 2021 at 19:06 12 comments

What does "consciousness" mean

by T_Clark May 07, 2021 at 03:00 231 comments

What problems are still unsolved in the philosophy of language?

by TheGreatArcanum May 04, 2021 at 13:02 16 comments

What is the de dicto/de re distinction, by Kripke, about?

by Shawn May 02, 2021 at 18:24 1 comments