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Philosophical essays Volume 1, Natural language : what it means and how we use it
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Philosophical essays Volume 1, Natural language : what it means and how we use it
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Soames, Scott.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
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x, 428 p.
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Philosophical essays ; v. 1
Philosophical essays ; v. 1.
Contents:
The origins of these essays -- Introduction -- Presupposition -- A projection problem for speaker presupposition -- Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence -- Linguistics and psychology -- Semantics and psychology -- Semantics and semantic competence -- The necessity argument -- Truth, meaning, and understanding -- Truth and meaning in perspective -- Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- Naming and asserting -- The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean -- Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion -- Pt. 4. Descriptions -- Incomplete definite descriptions -- Donnellan's referential/attributive distinction -- Why incomplete descriptions don't refute Russell's theory of descriptions -- Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation -- Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| P107 .S67 2009 | 973902-1001 | Ebook Central | Searching... |
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