Knowing Subject and External Object in Language and Linguistic Analysis

• Published in: Organon F Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 339 - 367
• Main Author: Rastall, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Filozofický ústav SAV 2018; Institute of Philosophy SAS
• Subjects: Epistemology; Philosophy of Language; knowing subject; external object; correspondence; Coherence; objectivity

The claim of linguistics to be a ‘science’ is connected to its ‘objectivity’. The same is true of the philosophy of language. This implies a clear distinction between the language analyst as a ‘knowing subject’ and linguistic phenomena as an ‘external object’. The picture of everyday verbal communic...