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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009

1 online resource (x, 428 p.)

ISBN 9781400837847 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0691136807 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 0691136815 (v. 1. : pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780691136806 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780691136813 (v. 1. : pbk. : alk. paper)

Philosophical essays ; v. 1

Includes bibliographical references and index

The origins of these essays -- Introduction -- Presupposition -- A projection problem for speaker presupposition -- Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence -- Linguistics and psychology -- Semantics and psychology -- Semantics and semantic competence -- The necessity argument -- Truth, meaning, and understanding -- Truth and meaning in perspective -- Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- Naming and asserting -- The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean -- Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion -- Pt. 4. Descriptions -- Incomplete definite descriptions -- Donnellan’s referential/attributive distinction -- Why incomplete descriptions don’t refute Russell’s theory of descriptions -- Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation -- Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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