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13The Semantic Significance of What is SaidProtoSociology 17 7-25. 2002.It is often held that a correct semantic theory should assign a semantic content, p, to a given sentence, s, just in case a speaker who utters s says that p – thus ‘what is said’ is taken to be a semantically significant notion. This paper explores what exactly such a claim amounts to and offers five versions of the relationship between a semantic theory and judgements of what is said. The first three of these versions embody the central claim of semantic significance; however, I argue that none…Read more
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6Semantic content and utterance context : a spectrum of approachesIn Piotr Stalmaszczyk (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language, Cambridge University Press. 2021.It is common in philosophy of language to recognise two different kinds of linguistic meaning: literal or conventional meaning, on the one hand, versus communicated or conveyed meaning, on the other. However, once we recognise these two types of meaning, crucial questions immediately emerge; for instance, exactly which meanings should we treat as the literal (semantic) ones, and exactly which appeals to a context of utterance yield communicated (pragmatic), as opposed to semantic, content? It is…Read more
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4Gary Ostertag, ed., Definite Descriptions: A Reader (review)Philosophy in Review 19 (4): 272-274. 1999.
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3Meaning and Representation (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2002.This prestigious collection of papers discusses the relationship between meaning and representation. Illustrates the differences that exist on the question of how formal representations relate to semantic representations. Includes contributions by Tim Crane, Jerry Fodor, Paul Horwich, John Hyman, Ernie Lepore, Gregory McCulloch and Mark Sainsbury.
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1Exploring Linguistic LiabilityIn Ernest Lepore & David Sosa (eds.), Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Language Volume 2, Oxford University Press. 2022.There is a well-established social practice whereby we hold one another responsible for the things that we say. Speakers are held liable for the truth of the contents they express and they can be sanctioned and/or held to be unreliable or devious if it turns out what they say is false. In this paper chapter we argue that a better understanding of this fundamental socio-linguistic practice – of ascribing what we will term (following Borg (2019)) ‘linguistic liability’ – helps to shed light on a c…Read more
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Meaning and context: a survey of a contemporary debateIn Daniel Whiting (ed.), The later Wittgenstein on language, Palgrave-macmillan. 2009.
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Semantics and the place of psychological evidenceIn Sarah Sawyer (ed.), New waves in philosophy of language, Palgrave-macmillan. 2009.
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Deferred DemonstrativesIn Joseph K. Campbell, Michael O'Rourke & David Shier (eds.), Meaning and Truth: Investigations in Philosophical Semantics., Seven Bridges Press. pp. 214--230. 2002.
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HUEMER, M. - Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (review)Philosophical Books 43 (4): 307-308. 2002.
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |