Description: Insensitive Semantics : A Defense of Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism, Hardcover by Cappelen, Herman; Lepore, Ernest, ISBN 1405126744, ISBN-13 9781405126748, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Cappelen (philosophy, Vassar College and the U. of Oslo) and Lepore (philosophy, Rutgers U.) explore the debate in the philosophy of language concerning the distinction between semantic content and non-semantic (pragmatic) content, and how to accommodate context sensitivity within a theory of human communication. They propose "a simple and naive view" about context sensitivity--that there are just a few easily identifiable context sensitive expressions in natural language--and explain their theory based on a combination of two views, which they call Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism. The text raises questions about the validity of the chief theses of a significant number of published articles and books by numerous philosophers and linguists due to what Cappelen and Lepore see as an internally inconsistent view. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Insensitive Semantics : A Defense of Semantic Minimalism and Spee
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Insensitive Semantics : a Defense of Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: History & Surveys / General, Language, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2005
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Herman Cappelen, Ernest Lepore
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
