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Language is an important element for any philosophical thought. It is impossible to think, to believe, to act, without language.

However, these activities are not identical with language. Therefore, it is apt to say philosophical problems linguistic problems, but depends on language. How language is an important factor in different branches of philosophy? Metaphysics: many philosophers thought that the fundament al facts about the world can be discovered by analyzing the fundamental features of the languages we use to talk about the world. Plato used the nature of language to understand the concept of form. Logical atomist discussed the similarity of the structure of language and structure of reality. Logic: the validity of an argument is depended upon the logical form of the statement which make up the premise and conclusion. Logical form of a sentence is related to the different constituents of sentence. Epistemology: an analysis of language, thought and perception reveal that cognition is thoroughly complex, structured, and happens in some horizon. There are many linguistic elements that make cognition happen. Philosophers have been always suspicious about the ability of language to express the reality. (Mystics). It not only fails to communicate but presents to us a distorted reality (discussion on substance and accidents). (Philosopher so all time have taken interest in the analysis of concepts. Socrates on justice, Aristotle tried for an adequate definition of terms like good, know. 20th century witnessed a fundamental shift in philosophical perspective. This time is characterized as the age of analysis in philosophy. The job of philosophers was considered as the clarification of concepts, meaning and ontology of concepts and its relation with other concepts. If the job of philosophers is to investigate the concepts, then language occupies a central role in their philosophical method. The term analysis was used to refer to any philosophy which places greater importance to the study of language and its complexities. Philosophical analysis of language should not be confused with the other empirical investigation of the language. Philosophers concerned with language fall in two groups: Ordinary language philosophers said O.L is suitable for philosophical purpose. Philosophical problem arise because of deviating from O.L without providing any way to make sense of the deviation. O.L based on the common sense point of view of the world as supported by Moore, Wittgenstein, Austin etc. Lockes complaints about scholastic jargons Moores method: he points out any philosophical statement that goes against O.L which contradicts common sense view of the world. This is done my analyzing arguments meticulously.

Wittgenstein: philosophical problems dissolves once we now the logical structure of language. Because there is an isomorphic relation between the structure of language, thought and reality. An understanding of the structure of language shows the limits of what we can clearly and meaningfully be said. Consequently, anything which is said or thought beyond the limits of language and thought becomes senseless. Philosophical problem arise since one is trying to say what is unsayble. Therefore the job of philosophy is to clarify only the limits clearly Artificial Language Philosophers: Ordinary language is inadequate for philosophical purpose, because t is vague, ambiguous, context dependent. Philosophers like Russell, Carnap, tried to construct an ideal a language which is based on logic. . Just as the science has created its own technical vocabulary and introduce concepts, philosophy must develop it own to resolve its own problems. Conceptual analysis: With analytical philosophy the job of Philosophers has become conceptual analysis--- an analysis of the basic concepts we employ in thinking about the world and human life. A prominent philosophical activity even earlier. Scorates, Aristotle

When a analytical philosopher investigates a topic knowledge, causality, moral obligation etc. There are three ways in which he may formulate the problem. Causality: (1) investigate the nature of causality, (2) analyze the concept of causality, (3) make explicit what t is one is saying when he says that one thing causes the other. One of the important concerns of philosophy of language is to explain how it is possible for human beings to produce and to understand meaningful utterances and to do that so effortlessly. What is it for a linguistic expression to have a meaning?

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