Description |
1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Compositionality; Chapter 2: A Brief Guide to Type Theory; Chapter 3: Intensional Transitives; Chapter 4: Propositionalism; Chapter 5: Quantifiers and Characterization; Chapter 6: Unspecificity and Inference; Chapter 7: Verbs of Creation and Depiction; Chapter 8: Substitutivity; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Ascriptions of mental states to oneself and others give rise to many interesting logical and semantic problems. Attitude Problems presents an original account of mental state ascriptions that are made using intensional transitive verbs such as 'want', 'seek', 'imagine', and 'worship'. Forbes offers a theory of how such verbs work that draws on ideas from natural language semantics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. - ;Ascriptions of mental states to oneself and others give rise to many interesting logical and semantic problems. Attitude Problems presents an original account of mental sta |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Transitivity.
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English language -- Verb.
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English language -- Transitivity.
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Semantics.
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Intention (Logic)
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semantics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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English language -- Transitivity
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English language -- Verb
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Transitivity
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
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Intention (Logic)
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Semantics
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Intensionales Verb
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Intensionale Logik
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Semantiek.
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Werkwoorden.
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Englisch.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2006299298 |
ISBN |
0191534560 |
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9780191534560 |
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9780191699801 |
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0191699802 |
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9786611164614 |
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6611164618 |
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1281164615 |
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9781281164612 |
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