This book is a very interesting critique of some trends in philosophy of language and linguistics. First, the authors give a very gloomy account of trThis book is a very interesting critique of some trends in philosophy of language and linguistics. First, the authors give a very gloomy account of truth theories of meaning, and it's a difficult but rewarding read. Next, they try to make a complete mockery out of Chomskyan linguistics, something which they do surprisingly well - albeit I don't share their fierce criticism I still have to admit that a lot of what they say is very interesting and poses serious questions for any cognitive linguist. It's a shame that this book is not more widely read!...more
First, some positive remarks: kind of witty and fun. Unfortunately, though, the examples are - even though the algebra looks complex - kind of trivialFirst, some positive remarks: kind of witty and fun. Unfortunately, though, the examples are - even though the algebra looks complex - kind of trivial. I would like more of an introduction to using logic as a tool. This book is instead sometimes like a logic's quiz book: here a problem is presented, here is the answer to that problem....more
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