Philosophy of language / edited by John Hawthorne.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Hawthorne, John (John P.)

Series:

• Philosophical perspectives ; 22.
• Philosophical perspectives, 1520-8583 ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Language and languages--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vi, 574 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley Periodicals, [2008]

Contents:

• Sarcastic 'Like': a case study in the interface of syntax and semantics / Elisabeth Camp & John Hawthorne
• The Creative interpreter: content relativism and assertion / Herman Cappelen
• Betting on borderline cases / Richard Dietz
• The Argument form binding / Paul Elbourne
• The Impossibility of vagueness / Kit Fine
• What is presupposition accommodation, again? / Kai von Fintel
• Against accommodation: Heim, van der Sandt, and the presupposition projection problem / Christopher Gauker
• Quantification and contributing objects to thoughts / Michael Glanzberg
• A New framework for semantics / Paul Horwich
• Can every modifier be treated as a sentence modifier? / Lloyd Humberstone
• Epistemicism about vagueness and meta-linguistic safety / Stephen Kearns & Ofra Magidor
• Quantification and perspective in relativistic semantics / Peter Lasersohn
• Comprehending speech / Guy Longworth
• Term limits revisited / Stephen Neale
• Open quotation revisited / François Recanati
• Presupposition projection and logical equivalence / Daniel Rothschild
• Things in progress / Zoltán Gendler Szabó
• Attitudes and relativism / Brian Weatherson
• Truth and what is said / Elia Zardini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9781405196352
• 1405196351
• 9781405184564
• 1405184566

OCLC:

276930302

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