Editor: Charles E. Caton
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 1963 (First Edition)
Format: Softcover, 299 pages
Condition: Very Good. Some edge and surface wear to covers, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.
 
Description:
This important anthology, edited by Charles E. Caton, gathers twelve seminal essays from leading philosophers of the “ordinary language” movement. Emerging as a distinctive trend within analytic philosophy, this approach emphasizes the role of ordinary language in shaping and resolving philosophical problems.
 
Contributors—including key voices from Oxford and American philosophy—explore how linguistic analysis can illuminate questions of meaning, use, and understanding. This collection was one of the first anthologies entirely devoted to writings on ordinary language philosophy, making it a foundational text for students and scholars alike.
 
A significant volume for anyone studying 20th-century philosophy, logic, or linguistic analysis, this book highlights a pivotal moment when philosophy turned its attention directly to the nuances of everyday speech.