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LINGUIST List 18.2284

Tue Jul 31 2007

Books: Philosophy of Lang/Semantics/Pragmatics: Saka

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        1.    Jasper de Vaal, How to Think about Meaning: Saka
Message 1: How to Think about Meaning: Saka
Date: 30-Jul-2007
From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com>
Subject: How to Think about Meaning: Saka
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Title: How to Think about Meaning
Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series
Published: 2007
Publisher: Springer
                http://www.springer.com

Book URL: http://www.springer.com/978-1-4020-5856-1

Author: Paul Saka
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402058561 Pages: 286 Price: U.S. $ 92.50
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402058561 Pages: 286 Price: U.K. £ 169.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402058561 Pages: 286 Price: Europe EURO 119.95
Abstract:

*Develops a cognitivist/mentalist theory of meaning
*Examines the nature of hate speech
*Explores the nature of ambiguity
*Proposes a new solution to semantic paradoxes

According to truth-conditional semantics, to explain the meaning of a
statement is to specify the conditions necessary and sufficient for its
truth. This book develops a more radical mentalist semantics by shifting
the object of semantic inquiry. Classical semantics analyzes an abstract
sentence or utterance such as "Grass is green"; in attitudinal semantics
the object of inquiry is a propositional attitude such as "Speaker
so-and-so thinks grass is green".

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                            Pragmatics
                            Semantics

Written In: English (eng )

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