Insensitive semantics : a defense of semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism /
Provides detailed and wide-ranging overviews of the central positions and arguments surrounding contextualism; Addresses broad and varied aspects of the distinction between the semantic and non-semantic content of language; Defends a distinctive and explanatorily powerful combination of semantic min...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | Provides detailed and wide-ranging overviews of the central positions and arguments surrounding contextualism; Addresses broad and varied aspects of the distinction between the semantic and non-semantic content of language; Defends a distinctive and explanatorily powerful combination of semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism; Confronts core problems which not only run to the heart of philosophy of language and linguistics, but which arise in epistemology, metaphysics, and moral philosophy as well. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405126744 9781405126748 1405126752 9781405126755 |