Meaning and Use

The second Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter was held in Jerusalem on April 25-28, 1976. The symposium was originally planned to celebrate the 60th birthday of Y ehoshua Bar-Hillel, philosopher and friend. But his sudden death intervened, and turned celebration into commemoration. The topic of the s...

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Other Authors: Margalit, A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1979, 1979
Edition:1st ed. 1979
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Use and Its Place in Meaning
  • Moods and Performances
  • Awareness of Objects
  • What is a Theory of Use?
  • Conditionals, Generic Quantifiers, and Other Applications of Subgames
  • Circumstance Sentences
  • What does the Appeal to Use do for the Theory of Meaning?
  • Open Texture
  • Conversational Relevance
  • Intentionality and the Use of Language
  • Reference and Understanding
  • May Bes and Might have Beens
  • A Puzzle about Belief
  • Comments
  • Intentionality and the Use of Language
  • Reference and Understanding
  • Comments
  • Reply to Dummett’s Comment
  • May Bes and Might Have Beens
  • A Puzzle about Belief
  • Comments