Meaning and Saying: Essays in the Philosophy of Language

Contains five significant essays about philosophical problems of language and knowledge. Language and logic have provided philosophers with a dual problem: (1) How is language connected to the world and (2) how can philosophers use language and logic so as not to contaminate their thinking? Speech acts and the use of sentences are thought to be better ways for philosophers to understand language and logic. But do they do the job? Prof. Ebersole persuades us the problems derive from philosophical pictures and uses examples to show how the pictures produce confusion. Also includes a chapter on Ebersole's philosophical approach.