Linguistic philosophy

Not to be confused with Philosophy of language.

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 understanding the everyday language that we presently use better. The former position is that of ideal language philosophy, one prominent example being logical atomism. The latter is the view defended in ordinary language philosophy.

See also

• Analytic philosophy § Ideal language analysis
• Linguistic turn
• Philosophical language

References

• Richard Rorty, 1967. Introduction: Metaphilosophical difficulties of linguistic philosophy. In Richard Rorty (ed.). The Linguistic Turn: Recent Essays in Philosophical Method. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1967.

External links

• Entry on analytic philosophy in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy