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Cutting Philosophy of Language Down to Size

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2010

Ruth Garrett Millikan
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When asked to contribute to this lecture series, my first thought was to talk about philosophy of biology, a new and increasingly influential field in philosophy, surely destined to have great impact in the coming years. But when a preliminary schedule for the series was circulated, I noticed that no one was speaking on language. Given the hegemony of philosophy of language at mid-century, after ‘the linguistic turn’, this seemed to require comment. How did philosophy of language achieve such status at mid-century, and why is it losing it now? Has the Anglo-American tradition really begun to put the philosophy of language in better perspective? I hope so. Indeed, I will end with suggestions for how to keep it more securely in its proper place.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 48 , September 2001 , pp. 125 - 140
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2001

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