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<jats:p>This article reviews, very positively, Michael Forster’s (2010) <jats:italic>After Herder: Philosophy of Language in the German Tradition</jats:italic>. The review canvasses Herder’s views on philosophy of language, as explained by Forster, with special emphasis on what Herder can teach contemporary pragmaticians. These key lessons are: i) that meaning is intimately related to sensation; ii) that thought is intimately related to language; iii) that meaning is intimately related to use. It ends with some reflections on empirical obstacles that Herder’s views seem to face.</jats:p>