02725nam 2200541 a 450 991079585790332120200520144314.09780191534560electronic book0191534560electronic book9780191699801electronic book9780199274949hardcover(MiAaPQ)EBC7037349(CKB)24235072900041(MiAaPQ)EBC430846(Au-PeEL)EBL430846(CaPaEBR)ebr10194215(CaONFJC)MIL116461(OCoLC)252693511(EXLCZ)992423507290004120061011d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||Attitude problems[electronic resource] an essay on linguistic intensionality /Graeme ForbesOxford Clarendon ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (xi, 194 pages) illustrationsIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-187) and index.Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Compositionality; Chapter 2: A Brief Guide to Type Theory; Chapter 3: Intensional Transitives; Chapter 4: Propositionalism; Chapter 5: Quantifiers and Characterization; Chapter 6: Unspecificity and Inference; Chapter 7: Verbs of Creation and Depiction; Chapter 8: Substitutivity; Bibliography; Index.Ascriptions of mental states to oneself and others give rise to many interesting logical and semantic problems. Attitude Problems presents an original account of mental state ascriptions that are made using intensional transitive verbs such as 'want', 'seek', 'imagine', and 'worship'. Forbes offers a theory of how such verbs work that draws on ideas from natural language semantics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. - ;Ascriptions of mental states to oneself and others give rise to many interesting logical and semantic problems. Attitude Problems presents an original account of mental sta.Grammar, Comparative and generalVerbGrammar, Comparative and generalTransitivityEnglish languageVerbEnglish languageTransitivitySemanticsIntention (Logic)Grammar, Comparative and generalVerb.Grammar, Comparative and generalTransitivity.English languageVerb.English languageTransitivity.Semantics.Intention (Logic)401.43Forbes Graeme1519580MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795857903321Attitude problems3757782UNINA