Philosophy and linguistics / edited by Kumiko Murasugi and Robert Stainton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murasugi, Kumiko.

Stainton, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Analysis (Philosophy).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1999.

Contents:

Introduction: From Ordinary Use and Regimentation to Systematic Theory / Zoltan Gendler Szabo 1

Part 1 Philosophy, Syntax, and Semantics

1 Perceptual Reports Revisited / James Higginbotham 11

2 Coloring and Composition / Stephen Neale 35

Part 2 Philosophy, Semantics, and Pragmatics

3 On Communication-Based De Re Thought, Commitments De Dicto, and Word Individuation / Adele Mercier 85

4 Situations and the Structure of Content / Francois Recanati 113

Part 3 Linguistics and Philosophy of Science

5 Moral Competence / Susan Dwyer 169

6 Simplicity and Generative Linguistics / Peter Ludlow 191

Part 4 A Case Study in Philosophy and Linguistics: Mixed Quotation

7 Semantics for Quotation / Herman Cappelen, Ernie Lepore 209

8 Mixed Quotation / Reinaldo Elugardo 223

9 Compositional Quotation (without Parataxis) / Paul M. Pietroski 245

10 Remarks on the Syntax and Semantics of Mixed Quotation / Robert J. Stainton 259

11 Replies to the Commentaries / Herman Cappelen, Ernie Lepore 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0813390850

OCLC:

40677718