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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345999403321

Titolo

Context-dependence, perspective and relativity / / edited by Francois Recanati, Isidora Stojanovic, Neftali Villanueva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2010

ISBN

9786612784095

9781282784093

1282784099

9783110227772

3110227770

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Mouton series in pragmatics ; ; 6

Classificazione

400100

Altri autori (Persone)

RecanatiFrancois <1952->

StojanovicIsidora <1973->

VillanuevaNeftali <1979->

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Context (Linguistics)

Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Implicit content (1): philosophical perspectives -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.