Situations and AttitudesIn this provocative book, Barwise and Perry tackle the slippery subject of meaning, a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians. |
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... antecedent relations right in the conjunctive statement , we will begin by aug- menting the rule for the meaning of names to square with the fact that they may serve as antecedents for co - indexed pronouns . d , c [ ẞilao , e iff c ( B ) ...
... antecedent relations right in the conjunctive statement , we will begin by aug- menting the rule for the meaning of names to square with the fact that they may serve as antecedents for co - indexed pronouns . d , c [ ẞilao , e iff c ( B ) ...
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... antecedent relations and values c assigns to JOE1 and SARAH2 . This flexibility is not only natural , but necessary , when complex noun phrases are used as antecedents , for reasons that will be apparent in the next chapter . The same ...
... antecedent relations and values c assigns to JOE1 and SARAH2 . This flexibility is not only natural , but necessary , when complex noun phrases are used as antecedents , for reasons that will be apparent in the next chapter . The same ...
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... antecedent for SHE1 , then the interpretation d , c [ α1la , e B1 constrains c ( SHE ) to equal ao , if defined . However , the proper setting for a general NP ẞ1 is not an individual but a set X , of individ- uals . If the NP is to ...
... antecedent for SHE1 , then the interpretation d , c [ α1la , e B1 constrains c ( SHE ) to equal ao , if defined . However , the proper setting for a general NP ẞ1 is not an individual but a set X , of individ- uals . If the NP is to ...
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agent Aliass anchor assertions atlu attitude reports attuned believe border collie broken leg Chapter Cicero classify coe's cognitive concept conditional constraints connections constituent course of events defined definite descriptions described situation discourse situation doxastic e₁ eating an anchovy embedded sentence event-types example expression external significance fact first-order logic Folk Psychology football Frege Fregean Frenchie function Helen hungry idea indeterminates individual inner attributive interpretation involves Jackie is biting JACKIE'S BITING MOLLY Jonny linguistic meaning logically equivalent meaningful option MELANIE SAW mental mind model theory names natural language nomic noun phrases objects perception PERSIAN CAT philosophers principle problem pronouns proper class real situations refer relation resource situation role Sarah SCat semantic features semantic theory sense simple situation semantics sort speaker statement structure Suppose tense theory of meaning things tion uniformities utterance verb