Logical Form and Language
Published on 1. March 2002
Book
Hardback
522 pages
978-0-19-924460-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains 17 specially written essays by eminent philosophers and linguists, all with the central theme of logical form - a fundamental issue in analytic philosophy and linguistic theory. The book brings together contributions from diverse points of view, which illuminate the lively and current debate about this topic.
Reviews / Votes
Logical Form and Language is a demanding but rewarding book ... [with] rich and varied contents. Logical Form and Language is a demanding but rewarding book. I have barely hinted at its rich and varied contents. Kent Bach, The Philosophical Quarterly 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. Zoltan Szabo, Cornell UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-924460-7 (9780199244607)
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Persons
Content
1. Introduction; 2. ABBREVIATION, SCOPE, ONTOLOGY; 3. What is Logical Form?; 4. Functions and Concatenation; 5. Two Sorts of Claim about 'Logical Form'; 6. LF and Natural Logic; 7. Identity Statements; 8. WHY IS SEQUENCE OF TENSE OBLIGATORY?; 9. The Grammar of Intensionality; 10. Events and the Semantic Content of Thematic Relations; 11. A Grammatical Argument for a Neo-Davidsonian Semantics; 12. Nominal Restriction; 13. RUSSELL'S LOGICAL FORM, LF, AND TRUTH-CONDITIONS; 14. 'Obviously Propositions are Nothing': Russell and the Logical Form of 'Belief Reports'; 15. Logical Form and the Relational Conception of Belief; 16. Ordinary Proper Names; 17. The Predicate View of Proper Names; Index