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Zusatztext This volume brings together some of the worlds most distinguished linguistically-minded philosophers and philosophically-minded linguists in an outstanding collection of new papers on what logical form is supposed to be and why it matters for the study of language. Informationen zum Autor Gerhard Preyer is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and editor of the journal ProtoSociology. Georg Peter is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt, and with Gerhard Preyer edits the journal ProtoSociology. Klappentext These previously unpublished essays share the central theme of logical form--a fundamental issue in analytic philosophy and linguistic theory. Logical Form and Language brings together exciting new contributions from diverse points of view! which illuminate the lively current debate about this topic. Zusammenfassung Includes seventeen essays by eminent philosophers and linguists, with the central theme of logical form - a fundamental issue in analytic philosophy and linguistic theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter: Introduction 1 The Nature of Logical Form 3: Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig: What is Logical Form? 4: Paul M. Pietroski: Functions and Concatenation 5: Jeffrey King: Two Sorts of Claim about 'Logical Form' 6: Peter Ludlow: LF and Natural Logic 7: Robert Fiengo and Robert May: Identity Statements II Intensionality, Events, and Semantic Content 9: Richard Larson: The Grammar of Intensionality 10: Barry Schein: Events and the Semantic Content of Thematic Relations 11: Norbert Hornstein: A Grammatical Argument for a Neo-Davidsonian Semantics 12: Jason Stanley: Nominal Restriction III Logical Form, Belief, Ascription, and Proper Names 14: Lenny Clapp and Robert J. Stainton: 'Obviously Propositions are Nothing': Russell and the Logical Form of 'Belief Reports' 15: Robert J. Matthews: Logical Form and the Relational Conception of Belief 16: Marga Reimer: Ordinary Proper Names 17: Reinaldo Elugardo: The Predicate View of Proper Names Index ...
