由霍永寿编著的《西方语言哲学入门必读：论文选集(上下)》共选文64篇，上下卷对选文的处理虽各有千秋，介绍亦各有侧重，但都反映了各自对西方语言哲学的精深把握和真知灼见。上卷文章以意义理论为主线，按相关的研究主题及其历史发展顺序排列，并附现代语言哲学（1892～1994）大事年表。下卷选文分为八个专题。

Part I Knowledge，Language and Logic：The Dawn of the Linguistic Turn

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Of Proposition (T Hobbes)

OfWords or Language in General(J.Locke)

Of the Signification ofWords(J.Locke)

Words rE．B．de Condillac)

The Same Subject Continued(E．B．de Condillac)

The Signification ofWords(E．B．de Condillac)

Words or Language in General (G.M.Leibniz)

The Signification ofWords(G．W Leibniz)

Ofthe Necessity ofCommencing with anAnalysis ofLanguage(J．S．Mill)

Part II Sense，Reference and Use

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On Sense and Reference(Gottlob Frege)

On Concept and Object(Gottlob Frege)

The Thought：A Logical Inquiry(Gottlob Frege)

On Denoting(Bertrand Russell)

On Propositions：What They Are and How They Mean(Bertrand Russell)

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus(L．Wittgenstein)

Philosophical Investigations(L．Wittgenstein)

Part III Descriptions and Reference

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Descriptions and Incomplete Symbols(Bertrand Russell)

On Referring(E F．Strawson)

Mr．Strawson on Referring(Bertrand Russell)

Reference and Definite Descriptions(Keith S．Donnellan)

The Loss of Uniqueness(Zolt~n Gendler Szab6)

Part IV Names，Demonstratives and Indexicals

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OfNames(J．S．Mill)

The Causal Theory ofNames (Gareth Evans)

Proper Names and Intentionality(John R．Searle)

On the Logic of Demonstratives(David K~lan)

The Problem of the Essential Indexical(J．Perry)