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In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. [ 1] Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, the constitution of sentences, concepts, learning, and thought . Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell ...
Loaded language[ a] is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. This type of language is very often made vague to more effectively invoke an emotional response and/or exploit stereotypes. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Loaded words and phrases have significant emotional implications and involve strongly positive ...
e. The linguistic turn was a major development in Western philosophy during the early 20th century, the most important characteristic of which is the focusing of philosophy primarily on the relations between language, language users, and the world. [ 1]
e. Ordinary language philosophy ( OLP[ 1]) is a philosophical methodology that sees traditional philosophical problems as rooted in misunderstandings philosophers develop by distorting or forgetting how words are ordinarily used to convey meaning in non-philosophical contexts. "Such 'philosophical' uses of language, on this view, create the ...
t. e. On the Sublime (Greek: Ancient Greek: Περì Ὕψους Perì Hýpsous; Latin: De sublimitate) is a Roman-era Greek work of literary criticism dated to the 1st century C.E. Its author is unknown, but is conventionally referred to as Longinus ( / lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs /; Ancient Greek: Λογγῖνος Longĩnos) or Pseudo-Longinus.
Performativity is the concept that language can function as a form of social action and have the effect of change. [1] The concept has multiple applications in diverse fields such as anthropology, social and cultural geography, economics, gender studies (social construction of gender), law, linguistics, performance studies, history, management studies and philosophy.
The language of thought hypothesis ( LOTH ), [ 1] sometimes known as thought ordered mental expression ( TOME ), [ 2] is a view in linguistics, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, forwarded by American philosopher Jerry Fodor. It describes the nature of thought as possessing "language-like" or compositional structure (sometimes known as ...
Portal. v. t. e. Linguistic philosophy is the view that many or all philosophical problems can be solved (or dissolved) by paying closer attention to language, either by reforming language or by better understanding our everyday language. [ 1] The former position is that of ideal language philosophy, one prominent example being logical atomism.