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Context-dependence, perspective and relativity /

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 introdu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Récanati, François, 1952-, Stojanovic, Isidora, 1973-, Villanueva, Neftalí, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Colección:Mouton series in pragmatics ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Implicit Content (1): Philosophical Perspective
  • 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.