Meaning, intentions, and argumentation / edited by Kepa Korta & Joana Garmendia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korta, Kepa.

Garmendia, Joana, 1978-

Series:

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 186.

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 186

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language and Information, [2008]

Summary:

What is the relationship between words and reality? How is it possible to say anything true or false about the world? What are the best ways to convince or persuade someone? A bundle of questions like these have intrigued thinkers throughout recorded history. Beside philosophy and grammar, ancient Greeks developed rhetoric-the art of the means for persuasion-in searching for answers. This search was accelerated in the twentieth century as the introduction of semantics and pragmatics fostered a systematic study of linguistic acts and meaning.

This volume brings together the work of contemporary leading scholars as they approach the above issues conceptually, formally, and descriptively from a broad range of perspectives. Some follow the paths of older disciplines such as philosophy and rhetoric; others develop their theories within newer disciplines such as semantics and pragmatics; most cross disciplinary borders; and all contribute illuminating ideas on crucial aspects of meaning, communication, argumentation, and persuasion.

Contents:

The Roads to Meaning / Kepa Korta, Joana Garmendia xi

1 Intention, Reference and Semantic Value / John Perry 1

2 Singular Propositions, Quasi-singular Propositions, and Reports / Eros Corazza 13

3 On Perry's Relative Truth-conditions / Luis M. Valdes-Villanueva 29

4 Fiction and Deception: How Cooperative is Literature? / Salvatore Attardo 41

5 Failures, Omissions, and Negative Descriptions / Achille C. Varzi 61

6 The Case for Core Meaning / Manfred Kienpointner 77

7 Situations from events to proofs / Tim Fernando 113

8 A Compositional Account of Counterfactuals / Nicholas Asher, Eric McCready 131

9 The rhetorical attachment of questions and answers / Philippe Muller, Laurent Prevot 165

10 Epideictic Rhetoric and the Representation of Human Decision and Choice / Marc Dominicy 179

11 Within the bounds of reason: Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse / Frans H. van Eemeren, Peter Houtlosser 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781575865423

1575865424

9781575865416

1575865416

OCLC:

212908988

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