Problems of compositionality / Zoltan Gendler Szabo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szabó, Zoltán Gendler, author.

Series:

Studies in philosophy (New York, N.Y.)

Studies in Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Compositionality (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a critical discussion of the principle of compositionality, the thesis that the meaning of a complex expression is fully determined by the meanings of its constituents and its structure. The aim of this book is to clarify what is meant by this principle, to show that its traditional justification is insufficient, and to discuss some of the problems that have to be addressed before a new attempt can be made to justify it.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Principle; 1.1 Statement of the Principle; 1.2 Alternative Formulations; 1.3 Parallelism; 1.4 Substitutivity; 1.5 Functionality; 1.6 Summary; 2. Linguistic Semantics; 2.1 Is Semantics Empirical?; 2.2 The First Dogma; 2.3 The Second Dogma; 2.4 Semantics without Epistemology; 2.5 Semantics without Ontology; 2.6 The Third Dogma; 2.7 Summary; 3. The Argument; 3.1 The Argument from Understanding; 3.2 Meaning and Understanding; 3.3 The Strong Principle of Understanding; 3.4 The Modest Principle of Understanding

3.5 Understanding and the Missing Shade of Blue3.6 Summary; 4. Adjectives in Context; 4.1 The Context Thesis; 4.2 The Color of a Painted Leaf; 4.3 Problems with 'Good'; 4.4 Ways of Being Good; 4.5 Varieties of Incompleteness; 4.6 Ways of Being Green?; 4.7 Summary; 5. Descriptions in Context; 5.1 A Parallel; 5.2 Referring and Quantifying Phrases; 5.3 Two Objections to the Quantificational View; 5.4 Replies to Donnellan's Objection; 5.5 Replies to Heim's Objection; 5.6 Methodological Considerations; 5.7 Coreferring Phrases and File-Cards; 5.8 Summary; 6. In Place of a Conclusion; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

First published 2000 by Garland Publishing Inc.

Slightly rev. version of the author's thesis--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-86839-6

1-315-05443-4

1-135-71589-0

1-135-71582-3

9781315054438

OCLC:

874153280