Simple Sentences, Substitution, and Intuitions

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-957564-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

The phenomenon of substitution failure is a longstanding focus of discussion for philosophers of language. Substitution failure occurs when a change from one co-referential name to another (e.g. from 'Superman' to 'Clark Kent') affects the truth-value of a sentence. Jennifer Saul has shown that this can occur even in the simplest of sentences. She presents the first full-length treatment of this puzzling feature of language, and explores its implications for the
theory of reference and names, and for the methodology of semantics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saul, Jennifer M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Substitution and Simple Sentences
2: Simple Sentences and Semantics
3: Simple Sentences and Implicatures
4: The Enlightenment Problem, and a Common Assumption
5: Abandoning (EOI)
6: Beyond Matching Propositions
Appendix A: Extending the Account
Appendix B: Belief Reporting

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Saul is a professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. She is Co-Editor for Feminism entries for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and on the Editorial Board for Symposia in Gender, Race, and Philosophy. She is on the Executive Committee for the Aristotelian Society and the Society for Women in Philosophy, and on the Analysis Committee.