Donald Davidson's truth-theoretic semantics / Ernest Lepore, Kirk Ludwig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LePore, Ernest, 1950- author.

Ludwig, Kirk, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003.

Davidson, Donald.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Language and logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 346 pages)

Other Title:

Truth-theoretic semantics

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The work of Donald Davidson transformed the study of meaning. The authors present a study of Davidson's program of truth-theoretic semantics for natural languages, giving an exposition and critical examination of its foundations and applications.

Contents:

Truth-theoretic semantics: basic framework

Quantifiers

Implementation of the extension of the truth theory to quantifiers

Proper names, indexicals, and simple demonstratives

Complex demonstratives

The semantics of quotation

Adjectives and adverbs

The simple tenses of state and event verbs

Temporal adverbials and quantifiers

Tense in sentential complements and the perfect tenses

Opaque contexts: indirect discourse and attitude sentences

Non-declarative sentences

Semantic structure and logical form

Truth and correspondence.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-337) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-171044-X

1-281-15483-0

9786611154837

0-19-153749-7

1-4294-7108-5

OCLC:

648363274