Contexts : meaning, truth, and the use of language / Stefano Predelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Predelli, Stefano, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Context (Linguistics).

Semantics.

Indexicals (Semantics).

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 198 pages)

Other Title:

Meaning, truth, and the use of language

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stefano Predelli comes to the defence of the traditional 'formal' approach to natural-language semantics, arguing that it has been misrepresented not only by its critics, but also by its foremost defenders. In Contexts he offers a fundamental reappraisal, with particular attention to the treatment of indexicality and other forms of contextual dependence which have been the focus of much recent controversy. Predelli shows how his metasemantic approach deals with a variety ofimportant semantic and philosophical puzzles. He analyses the relationship between indexicality and logical validity, disc

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Systems and their Inputs; 2. Systems and Indexes; 3. The Vagaries of Action; 4. The Colour of the Leaves; 5. The Easy Problem of Belief Reports; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-195) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-955811-6

1-282-26823-6

9786612268236

0-19-153593-1

1-4237-6975-9

OCLC:

68125159