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Published: 03 June 2024
.... ideology default logic dogwhistles pragmatics philosophy of language In the last chapter, we considered the analysis of identifying dogwhistles. We treated such dogwhistles as signals that allow clued-in listeners to identify the social persona of the speaker (or, at least, a set of social personas...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... anaphora indefinites Dynamic semantics presupposition projection semantic presupposition semantics of natural language philosophy of language logic of natural language context-sensitivity In this introductory chapter, I will explain the plan for the book by very briefly surveying the target...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... validity Hintikka semantics for attitudes idempotence Epistemic modality dynamic semantics semantics of natural language philosophy of language logic of natural language context-sensitivity I’ll start by motivating a broadly dynamic treatment of epistemic modals. In the next chapter, I’ll bring out...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... Excluded Middle context context set context shift presupposition disjunction local context dynamic semantics plenitude validity context change potential CCP modality restrictor theory context–sensitivity Indicative conditionals, dynamic semantics semantics of natural language philosophy...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... Disjunctive Syllogism Non–Contradiction Conditional Excluded Middle Absurdity C2 context Reciprocity Strong Centering Success asymmetry Epistemic modals indicative conditionals context-sensitivity semantics of natural language philosophy of language dynamic semantics logic of natural language...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... Disjunctive Syllogism accessibility relation disjunction dynamic semantics admissibility context context set Logic of conditionals Modus Ponens Import-Export indicative conditionals subjunctive conditionals semantics of natural language philosophy of language logic of natural language context...
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Published: 20 August 2024
... plenitude logic Disjunctive Syllogism default Strong Centering context–sensitivity The Thesis Reciprocity partitionality The Thesish Transparency validity pragmatics updating restrictor theory epistemic contradiction Probabilities of conditionals semantics of natural language philosophy...
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Published: 07 April 2011
..., Jacobi, and Coleridge. His earliest theoretical statement on language, the short essay On Thinking and Speaking, is strongly influenced by Herder. His mature philosophy of language contains many further borrowings from Herder as well. His intellectual contributions cover several fields...
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Published online: 27 May 2015
Published in print: 07 April 2011
...The author presents a ground-breaking study of German philosophy of language in the nineteenth century (and beyond). His previous book, After Herder, showed that the eighteenth-century philosopher J. G. Herder played the fundamental role in founding modern philosophy of language...
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Published online: 01 November 2003
Published in print: 01 July 1999
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Published: 31 May 2018
... to the philosophy of language’. The most important recent contributions to that subject through the 1970s were Donald Davidson’s elaborations of the idea of a theory of meaning for a particular language. This chapter considers Platts’ defence of the theory that he calls a form of ‘realism’, It considers...
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Published online: 19 June 2014
Published in print: 31 July 2014
... at the intersection of ethical theory and metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The chapters included in the series provide a good basis for understanding recent developments in the field....
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Published: 19 July 2007
... psychology correct mental states and speech acts rationality Kant I moral theory “fitting attitude” analysis moral duty Williams B Gauthier D Harsanyi J Korsgaard C Scanlon T M Plato religion Anscombe G E M philosophy of mind philosophy of language rational belief rational decision ethical...
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Published: 22 February 2024
... Midgley Mary Myths We Live By The Midgley “Paradigms Metaphors and Puzzle Solving in Organization Theory” Morgan explaining insight reductionism social sciences studies understanding logical empiricism language philosophy philosophy of language analytical philosophy school neo-Kantian school...
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Published: 22 May 2024
...What is applied philosophy of language? Your answer to this question will likely depend on how you conceive the difference between applied philosophy and “philosophy proper.” Over the past decade, philosophers of language have increasingly focused on topics that are categorized under the heading...
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Published: 20 October 2017
... Victims Arousal sexual Attachment Fidelity Imagination Inertness of robots Interactivity of robots McMullen Matt Novelty RealDoll Fantasy Intentional stance Preferences Sentience Romantic partner Fetish Paul Grice Philosophy of Language Defining Sex Masturbation Invention in aid...
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Published online: 20 January 2022
Published in print: 28 May 2021
... a fresh approach to philosophy of language by looking beyond the typical theorizing that focuses solely on human language production, showing us instead how our own sign-making is actually on a continuum with animal and plant communication. Storm also considers fundamental issues of the relationship...
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Published: 04 October 2019
...Ideas in and problems of philosophy of language surface frequently in Plato’s dialogues. Some passages briefly formulate, or presuppose, views about names, signification, truth, or falsehood; others are extended discussions of important themes of philosophy of language. This chapter focuses...
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Published: 01 March 1999
...This chapter, which analyses the use of metaphor in Michael Tournier's first novel Vendredi ou Les limbes du Pacifique, suggests that this novel investigates the possibilities inherent in a philosophy of language and contains the initial parameters of Tournier's figurative...
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Published: 27 January 2022
... discussion of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy of language, the chapter examines some of James Baldwin’s writings on language, collectivity, and literary self-fashioning. Baldwin theorizes a Black hermeneutic for the critical analysis of African American literature in relation to social formation, racial self...