Contexts of understanding / Herman Parret.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parret, Herman.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 1:6.

Pragmatics & beyond

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermeneutics.

Comprehension.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This essay deals with the difficulty of understanding understanding, taking the understanding of natural language fragments as a paradigm.

Contents:

CONTEXTS OF UNDERSTANDING; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The difficulty of understanding understanding; 1.2 Understanding versus explanation, interpretation and translation; 1.3 Aspects of a psycho-pragmatic theory of understanding; 2. SIGNIFICANCE AND UNDERSTANDING; 2.1 Acceptance; 2.2 What we understand when understanding; 2.3 How we understand when understanding; 2.4 Presentification and de s crib ability; 3. PERSPECTIVAL UNDERSTANDING; 3.1 PROLEGOMENA; 3.1.1. The heuristic orientation of the theory of language

3.1.2 The pragmatic orientation of the theory of understanding; 3.1.3. The epistemological orientation of the theory of understanding; 3.2 FREGEAN INTERLUDE; 3.3 f(p* . . . ); 3.3..1, The paratactic analysis of {sense, force}; 3.3.2, f is neither a mode nor an attitude but rather a mood; 3.3.3. f is not a representation but an act-indicator; 3.4. p[(f(p* . . . )]; 3.4.1. The reductionistic analysis of the 'community of significance'; 3.4.2. The function of the n-operator; 4. CONTEXTUALISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM IN THE THEORY OF UNDERSTANDING; 4.1. CONTEXTUALISM; 4.1.1. Types of contexts; CO-TEXT

INTRINSIC CONTEXT; EXTRINSIC CONTEXT; C(p); B(p); C(f); B(f); B(p); C(p); 4.2. TRANSCENDENTALISM; 4.2.1. Psycho-pragmatic transcendentalia; 4.2.2. The Parsimony Principle; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35981-2

9786613359810

90-272-8108-4

OCLC:

769342185