Talking Wolves Thomas Hobbes on the Language of Politics and the Pol
Talking Wolves advances an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously (as seriously as Hobbes took it). It presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a comprehensive discussion based on, an
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TALKING WOLVES Thomas Hobbes on the Language of Politics and the Politics of Language
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Biletzk I, Anat. Talking wolves : Thomas Hobbes on the language of polltlcs and the polltlcs of language I Anat Bl1etzkl. p. cm. -- (Synthese 11brary ; v. 262) lnc 1udes 1nd ex . ISBN 978-90-481-4801-1 ISBN 978-94-015-8887-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-8887-4
1. Language and languages--Polltlcal aspects. 2. HObbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Contrlbutlons In phl10sophy of language. I. Tltle. II. Serles. P119.3.B55 1997 192--dc21 96-54216
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TALKING WOLVES
SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University
Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University ofUtrecht, The Netherlands DONALD DAVIDSON, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University ofGroningen, The Netherlands PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krak6w, Poland
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CONTENTS
PREFACE INTRODUCTION
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1
PART I: LANGUAGE
15
Chapter 1: Human Voices: Semantics and Beyond
20
Chapter 2: Use and Effect: Speech as Use
37
Chapter 3: Speech Useful: A Theory of Language Use
57
PART 11: THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICS
70
Chapter 4: Conversation of Mankind: The Meaning of Moral Concepts
77
Chapter 5: Everyman 's Will: Speech Acts
92
Chapter 6: A Common Language: Natural, Social and Linguistic
112
PART 111: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE
136
Chapter 7: Policy Ecclesiasticall: Religious Interpretation
138
Chapter 8: Eloquence Is Power: The Office of Rhetoric
154
CONCLUSION
178
APPENDIX: Pragmatics
193
BIBLIOGRAPHY
199
INDEX
208
PREFACE The philosophy of language is my profession; politics is my life. My professional interest in Hobbes was stimulated when I became aware of the fascinating aspects of his philosophy of language, which was not, prima facie, tightly bound to his political philosophy. His political philosophy, on the other hand, was a deep, wide ocean which was not, prima facie, of particular interest to my specific political agenda. But language and politics cannot be separated. I do not make this statement under the postmodern umbrella which is having its heyday in current philosophy and culture studies. That is to say, I do not allude here to the now-dominant trends of thought which either view all phenomena of intellectual activity as language games, or address all products of the human mind as oriented t
