Context-dependence, perspective and relativity / edited by François Recanati, Isidora Stojanovic, Neftalí Villanueva

Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: vi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Récanati, François, 1952-, Stojanovic, Isidora, 1973-, and Villanueva, Neftalí, 1979-

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Series

Mouton series in pragmatics ; 6.

Contents

Introduction / Neftali Villanueva -- 1. Implicit content (1): philosophical perspectives -- Unarticulated tension / Lenny Clapp -- What is said / John Perry -- Context dependency in thought / Agustin Vicente -- 2. Implicit content (2): linguistic perspectives -- Contextual domain restriction and the definite determiner / Anastasia Giannakidou -- The model theory for words with context-sensitive implicit arguments / Brendan Gillon -- Three types of ellipsis / Jason Merchant -- 3. Relativism, knowledge ascriptions, and predicates of personal taste -- Relativism, disagreement, and predicates of personal taste / Barry C. Smith -- Knowledge attributions and relevant epistemic standards / Dan Zeman -- 4. Perspectival shifts -- On words and thoughts about oneself / James Higginbotham -- Indirect discourse, relativism, and contexts that point to other contexts / Christopher Gauker -- 5. Perspectival facts -- Is relativity a requirement for mind-dependence? / Eyja M. Brynjarsdottir -- Perspectival truth and perspectival realism / Giuliano Torrengo.

Summary

"MSP is a timely response to the growing demand for innovative and authoritative monographs and edited volumes from all angles of pragmatics. Recent theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, applications of evolutionary biology to the study of language, and empirical work within cognitive and developmental psychology and intercultural communication has directed attention to issues that warrant reexamination, as well as revision of some of the central tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. The series welcomes proposals that reflect this endeavour and exploration within the discipline and neighboring fields such as language philosophy, communication, information science, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and cognitive science. MSP will provide a forum for authors who represent different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and intercultural paradigms, and have important and intriguing ideas and research findings to share with scholars who are interested in linguistics in general and pragmatics in particular." "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."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

9783110227765 (alk. paper)
3110227762 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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