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philosophy of language

discipline of philosophy that deals with language and meaning
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Summary

philosophy of language is a branch of philosophy[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of branch of philosophy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,018 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: major branches of philosophy[3]
  • Subclass of: philosophy[4]
  • Part of: philosophy[5]
  • Commons category: Philosophy of language[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Philosophy of language[7]
  • Facet of: linguistics[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Philosophy of language[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/philosophy-of-language[11], https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/philosophy-of-language[12]
  • Different from: linguistic philosophy[13]
  • Is the study of: language[14]
  • Practiced by: philosopher of language[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

philosophy of language has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Bertrand Russell Hans Kamp Henri Bergson Hilary Putnam Jacques Derrida Jan Štěpán Jean-Guy Meunier Johann Gottfried Herder John Langshaw Austin John Searle Kwame Anthony Appiah linguistics Mark Sprevak Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Noam Chomsky philosophy Rudolf Carnap Saul Kripke Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Yiannis N. Moschovakis

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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