Language and Logic
A speculative and condition-theoretic study
Published on 1. January 1985
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-915027-48-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume Van der Auwera attempts to clarify the idea that language reflects both mind and reality and to elucidate the reflection idea by turning it into the cornerstone of a linguistic theory of meaning.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-915027-48-4 (9780915027484)
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Symbols and Abbreviations; 3. Chapter I: Methodology, Contents, and Relevance; 4. Chapter II: From Possible Worlds to Human Action; 5. 1. Philosophy of mind, ontology, and reflection; 6. 2. The out-of-mind; 7. 3. The mind; 8. 4. Human action; 9. Chapter III: Speech Acts and Meanings; 10. 1. Meaning and speech acts; 11. 2. Basic speech acts; 12. 3. Semantics and pragmatics; 13. Chapter IV: Towards a Reflectionist and Condition-Theoretic Logic; 14. 1. The basis of logic; 15. 2. Intra-logical RL interpretations; 16. 3. Conditions; 17. 4. Truth; 18. Chapter V: Propositional Operators; 19. 1. Conditional and componential analyses; 20. 2. Conjunction; 21. 3. Truth, falsity, and possibility; 22. 4. Modality; 23. 5. Implication; 24. 6. Postliminaries; 25. Notes; 26. References; 27. Index