This first book-length study of the work and life of L. Susan Stebbing relates the development of her thought to the philosophical, social and political background of her life. It also assesses Stebbing's contribution in the light of developments both in analytic philosophy and in linguistics in the decade since her death.

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University of Liverpool, UK

Siobhan Chapman

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Siobhan Chapman is Professor of English Language at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has previously taught at the Universities of Newcastle and Kent. Her publications include Paul Grice, Philosopher and Linguist; Thinking About Language, Theories of English; Language and Empiricism, After the Vienna Circle and Pragmatics.

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Book Title: Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense
Authors: Siobhan Chapman
Series Title: History of Analytic Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313102
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30290-7Published: 18 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33792-7Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31310-2Published: 18 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2634-5994
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 221
Topics: Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, general, History of Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, Social History, Historical Linguistics

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