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Context-Dependence, Perspective and Relativity / ed. by Francois Recanati, Isidora Stojanovic, Neftali Villanueva.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] ; 6Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110227765
  • 9783110227772
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.43 22/ger
LOC classification:
  • P325.5.C65 C649 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Implicit content (1): philosophical perspectives -- Unarticulated tension -- What is said -- Context dependency in thought -- 2. Implicit content (2): linguistic perspectives -- Contextual domain restriction and the definite determiner -- The model theory for words with context-sensitive implicit arguments -- Three types of ellipsis -- 3. Relativism, knowledge ascriptions, and predicates of personal taste -- Relativism, disagreement and predicates of personal taste -- Knowledge attributions and relevant epistemic standards -- 4. Perspectival shifts -- On words and thoughts about oneself -- Indirect discourse, relativism, and contexts that point to other contexts -- 5. Perspectival facts -- Is relativity a requirement for mind-dependence? -- Perspectival truth and perspectival realism -- Backmatter
Summary: This volume brings together original papers by linguists and philosophers on the role of context and perspective in language and thought. Several contributions are concerned with the contextualism/relativism debate, which has loomed large in recent philosophical discussions. In a substantial introduction, the editors survey the field and map out the relevant issues and positions.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Implicit content (1): philosophical perspectives -- Unarticulated tension -- What is said -- Context dependency in thought -- 2. Implicit content (2): linguistic perspectives -- Contextual domain restriction and the definite determiner -- The model theory for words with context-sensitive implicit arguments -- Three types of ellipsis -- 3. Relativism, knowledge ascriptions, and predicates of personal taste -- Relativism, disagreement and predicates of personal taste -- Knowledge attributions and relevant epistemic standards -- 4. Perspectival shifts -- On words and thoughts about oneself -- Indirect discourse, relativism, and contexts that point to other contexts -- 5. Perspectival facts -- Is relativity a requirement for mind-dependence? -- Perspectival truth and perspectival realism -- Backmatter

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This volume brings together original papers by linguists and philosophers on the role of context and perspective in language and thought. Several contributions are concerned with the contextualism/relativism debate, which has loomed large in recent philosophical discussions. In a substantial introduction, the editors survey the field and map out the relevant issues and positions.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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