On what we mean / Arnold J. Chien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chien, Arnold J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

iv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 2 The Concept of Speaker's Meaning 15

1. Van Fraassen on Why-Questions 18

2. WDYM-Questions 20

2.2. The Topic of a WDYM-Question 26

2.3. Relevance Relations 31

2.4. Contrasts 35

2.5. WDYM-Interrogatives 40

3. Answers to WDYM-Questions 42

4. Gricean Speaker's Meaning 49

5. Relevance Implicatures and Speaker's Meaning 53

Chapter 3 What is Said Versus What is Believed 67

1. Ambiguity and Speaker's Meaning 68

2. Ellipsis and Speaker's Meaning 71

3. Conceptual Reasons, First Considerations 75

4. The Disquotational Principles 78

4.1. A Problem 78

4.2. A Solution 80

4.3. Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say 87

5. Ambiguity Revisited 89

6. Ellipsis Revisited 99

Chapter 4 Competence 101

1. Burge on the Role of Examples 102

2. Projection Constraints 106

3. Idiolects, Conceptual Reasons and "Usage" 113

4. Conceptual Reasons Constrained, Part One 119

5. Psychological Indeterminacy 127

Chapter 5 Metaphor 131

1. Metaphor and Speaker's Meaning 132

2. Metaphor and Conceptual Reasons 137

3. Similarity 144

4. Metaphoricity 151

5. Conceptual Reasons Constrained, Part Two 158

6. The Demand for Explanation 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-218) and index.

ISBN:

0761824170

OCLC:

50440885