Contexts Meaning, Truth, and the Use of Language |
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| Author:
| Predelli, Stefano |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-153593-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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Stefano Predelli comes to the defence of the traditional 'formal' approach to natural-language semantics, arguing that it has been misrepresented not only by its critics, but also by its foremost defenders. In Contexts he offers a fundamental reappraisal, with particular attention to the treatment of indexicality and other forms of contextual dependence which have been the focus of much recent controversy. In the process, he presents original approaches to anumber of important semantic...
More DescriptionStefano Predelli comes to the defence of the traditional 'formal' approach to natural-language semantics, arguing that it has been misrepresented not only by its critics, but also by its foremost defenders. In Contexts he offers a fundamental reappraisal, with particular attention to the treatment of indexicality and other forms of contextual dependence which have been the focus of much recent controversy. In the process, he presents original approaches to anumber of important semantic issues, including the relationship between validity and indexicality, the limits of token-reflexive systems, the significance of contextualist arguments, and the interpretation of attitude reports. Contexts will make invigorating reading for all philosophers of language and manylinguists.