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Definite Descriptions
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Author : Gary Ostertag
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1998-06-03
Definite Descriptions written by Gary Ostertag and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-03 with Philosophy categories.
This reader is intended both to introduce students to the philosophy of language via the theory of descriptions, and to provide scholars in analytic philosophy with ready access to some of the central contributions in this area. Bertrand Russell's theory of definite descriptions sparked an ongoing debate concerning the proper logical and linguistic analysis of definite descriptions. While it is now widely acknowledged that, like the indexical expressions 'I', 'here', and 'now', definite descriptions in natural language are context-sensitive, there is significant disagreement as to the ultimate challenge this context-sensitivity poses to Russell's theory. This reader is intended both to introduce students to the philosophy of language via the theory of descriptions, and to provide scholars in analytic philosophy with ready access to some of the central contributions in this area. It includes classic works by Russell, Carnap, Strawson, Lambert, Donnellan, Grice, Peacocke, Kripke, Wettstein, Soames, Neale, and Schiffer.
Definite Descriptions
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Author : Paul Elbourne
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-27
Definite Descriptions written by Paul Elbourne and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics, philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.
Anaphora And Definite Descriptions
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Author : Jaakko Hintikka
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Anaphora And Definite Descriptions written by Jaakko Hintikka and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
I n order to appreciate properly what we are doing in this book it is necessary to realize that our approach to linguistic theorizing differs from the prevailing views. Our approach can be described by indicating what distinguishes it from the methodological ideas current in theoretical linguistics, which I consider seriously misguided. Linguists typically construe their task in these days as that of making exceptionless generalizations from particular examples. This explanatory strategy is wrong in several different ways. It presupposes that we can have "intuitions" about particular examples, usually examples invented by the linguist himself or herself, reliable and sharp enough to serve as a basis of sharp generalizations. It also presupposes that we cannot have equally reliable direct access to general linguistic regularities. Both assumptions appear to me extremely dubious, and the first of them has in effect been challenged by linguists like Dwight Bol inger. There is also some evidence that the degree of unanimity among linguists is fairly low when it comes to less clear cases, even in connection with such relatively simple questions as grammaticality (acceptability). For this reason we have tried to rely more on quotations from contemporary fiction, newspapers and magazines than on linguists' and philosophers' ad hoc examples. I also find it strange that some of the same linguists as believe that we all possess innate ideas about general characteristics of humanly possible grammars assume that we can have access to them only via their particular consequences.
Definite Descriptions
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Author : Paul D. Elbourne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Definite Descriptions written by Paul D. Elbourne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Definiteness (Linguistics) categories.
Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics
Anaphora And Definite Descriptions
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Author : Jaakko Hintikka
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1985-08-31
Anaphora And Definite Descriptions written by Jaakko Hintikka and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-08-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
I n order to appreciate properly what we are doing in this book it is necessary to realize that our approach to linguistic theorizing differs from the prevailing views. Our approach can be described by indicating what distinguishes it from the methodological ideas current in theoretical linguistics, which I consider seriously misguided. Linguists typically construe their task in these days as that of making exceptionless generalizations from particular examples. This explanatory strategy is wrong in several different ways. It presupposes that we can have "intuitions" about particular examples, usually examples invented by the linguist himself or herself, reliable and sharp enough to serve as a basis of sharp generalizations. It also presupposes that we cannot have equally reliable direct access to general linguistic regularities. Both assumptions appear to me extremely dubious, and the first of them has in effect been challenged by linguists like Dwight Bol inger. There is also some evidence that the degree of unanimity among linguists is fairly low when it comes to less clear cases, even in connection with such relatively simple questions as grammaticality (acceptability). For this reason we have tried to rely more on quotations from contemporary fiction, newspapers and magazines than on linguists' and philosophers' ad hoc examples. I also find it strange that some of the same linguists as believe that we all possess innate ideas about general characteristics of humanly possible grammars assume that we can have access to them only via their particular consequences.
Descriptions And Beyond
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Author : Marga Reimer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-07-22
Descriptions And Beyond written by Marga Reimer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-22 with Philosophy categories.
In 1905, Bertrand Russell published 'On Denoting' in which he proposed and defended a quantificational account of definite descriptions. Forty-five years later, in 'On Referring', Peter Strawson claimed that Russell was mistaken: definite descriptions do not function as quantifiers but (paradigmatically) as referring expressions. Ever since, scores of theorists have attempted to adjudicate this debate. Others have gone beyond the question of the proper analysis of definite descriptions, focusing instead on the complex relations between definites, indefinites, and pronouns. These relations are often examined with attention to the phenomena of scope and anaphora. This collection assembles nineteen new papers on definite descriptions and related topics. The contributors include both philosophers and linguists, many of whom have been active participants in the various debates concerning descriptions. The volume contains a brief general introduction and is divided into six sections, each of which is accompanied by a detailed introduction of its own. Several of the sections concern issues associated with the Russell/Strawson debate. These include the sections on incomplete descriptions, the referential/attributive distinction, and presupposition and truth value gaps. There is also a section on the representation of definites and indefinites in semantic theory, containing papers that reject certain core assumptions of the Russellian paradigm. Linguists interested in definites have traditionally been concerned with how such expressions interact with other expressions, including pronouns and indefinites. They have explored, and continue to explore, these interactions through the complex phenomena of scope and anaphora. In the section dealing with anaphoric pronouns and descriptions, indefinites and dynamic syntax/semantics, five linguists propose and defend their views on these and related issues. Finally, there is a section that concerns the relation between proper names and descriptions and, more particularly, the idea that some names, those introduced into the language by description, are semantically equivalent to definite descriptions.
An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Language
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Author : Michael Morris
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-12-14
An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Language written by Michael Morris and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-14 with Philosophy categories.
In this textbook, Michael Morris offers a critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language. Each chapter focusses on one or two texts which have had a seminal influence on work in the subject, and uses these as a way of approaching both the central topics and the various traditions of dealing with them. Texts include classic writings by Frege, Russell, Kripke, Quine, Davidson, Austin, Grice and Wittgenstein. Theoretical jargon is kept to a minimum and is fully explained whenever it is introduced. The range of topics covered includes sense and reference, definite descriptions, proper names, natural-kind terms, de re and de dicto necessity, propositional attitudes, truth-theoretical approaches to meaning, radical interpretation, indeterminacy of translation, speech acts, intentional theories of meaning, and scepticism about meaning. The book will be invaluable to students and to all readers who are interested in the nature of linguistic meaning.
Pragmatics
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Author : Yan Huang
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
Pragmatics written by Yan Huang and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Pragmatics is one of the rapidly growing fields in contemporary linguistics. Huang provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the central topics in pragmatics - implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and deixis.
Does Strawson S Critique Of The Theory Of Definite Descriptions Pose A Problem To Russell S Anti Meinongianism
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Author : Martin Scheidegger
language : en
Publisher: Grin Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-18
Does Strawson S Critique Of The Theory Of Definite Descriptions Pose A Problem To Russell S Anti Meinongianism written by Martin Scheidegger and has been published by Grin Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-18 with categories.
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the Present, language: English, abstract: This paper examines Russell's criticism of Meinong in his article "On Denoting." Furthermore, it enquires into the possibilities Strawson's critique of Russell's theory of definite descriptions may open up for Meinongian ideas. As this paper will show, there is indeed some potential to find there, although it seems not to be strong enough to be really convincing. In order to introduce Russell's theory, the paper starts with an overview of the Referential Theory of meaning Russell wants to overcome; then it will be clarified some basic notions (the varieties of singular terms) and problems (nonexistents and negative existentials) following the presentation of Meinong's Theory of Objects which is one of the targets of Russell's criticisms; eventually, after all basic theories, notions and problems have been laid out, there will be a demonstration of Russell's Theory of Descriptions and their critical anti-Meinongian implications.
Husserl Or Frege
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Author : Claire Ortiz Hill
language : en
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Husserl Or Frege written by Claire Ortiz Hill and has been published by Open Court Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mathematics categories.
Most areas of philosopher Edmund Husserl’s thought have been explored, but his views on logic, mathematics, and semantics have been largely ignored. These essays offer an alternative to discussions of the philosophy of contemporary mathematics. The book covers areas of disagreement between Husserl and Gottlob Frege, the father of analytical philosophy, and explores new perspectives seen in their work.