Philosophical and Formal Approaches to Linguistic Analysis (eBook)

Contents 5
Philosophical and Formal Approaches to Linguistic Analysis. Preface 9
Boghossian’s Implicit Definition Template 23
The Two One Fallacy Theory Theory 45
Modal Games in Natural Language 65
A Problem with Structured Propositions 89
Does Intensional Semantics Account for ‘Travis Cases’? 95
Chomsky’s Methodological Naturalism and the Mereological Fallacy 121
Kripke and Mill on Natural Kind Terms 135
In Defence of Axiomatic Semantics 153
Identity of Linguistic Expressions and Lexical Synonymy in the Fields of Logical Semantics, Linguistic Semantics, and ‘Pragmatic Semantics’ 169
Structured Propositions and Shared Content 185
In Defence of Singular Propositions 205
Context and Compositionality: the Challenge of Conversational Dialogue 223
Deferred Reference and Descriptive Indexicals. Mixed Cases 249
Proper Names: Denying Semantic Uniformity 271
Taking (It) Seriously: Normativity of Meaning 281
Accommodating Abstracta in Naturalist Accounts of Meaning 303
Ambiguous Conditionals 323
Defining Linear Dynamic Syntax 341
Towards a Non-referential Semantics 365
Are Propositions Facts? 393
Judgement-Dependence, Tacit Knowledge and Linguistic Understanding 413
Making Events Redundant: Adnominal Modification and Phases 437
A Philosophical Reflection on Language: Is Ontology Needed in Semantics? 465
In Defense of Implicit Knowledge in a Full-Blooded Theory of Meaning 485
On Pragmatic Regularities 499
A New Perspective for the Theory of Intentionality 521
A Conceptual Role Semantics for Attitude Reports 535
Index of Names 559
Index of Subjects 561