Philosophical essays Volume 1, Natural language what it means and how we use it Volume 1, Natural language

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Soames, Scott (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press c2009.
Colección:Burge, Tyler. Philosophical essays ; v. 1.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31231664*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Presupposition
  • A projection problem for speaker presupposition
  • Language and linguistic competence
  • p. 2. 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
  • pt. 5. Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation
  • Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law.