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ESSAY SIX. The Necessity Argument
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- The Origins of These Essays ix
- Introduction 1
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PART ONE. Presupposition
- ESSAY ONE. A Projection Problem for Speaker Presuppositions 23
- ESSAY TWO. Presupposition 73
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PART TWO. Language and Linguistic Competence
- ESSAY THREE. Linguistics and Psychology 133
- ESSAY FOUR. Semantics and Psychology 159
- ESSAY FIVE. Semantics and Semantic Competence 182
- ESSAY SIX. The Necessity Argument 202
- ESSAY SEVEN. Truth, Meaning, and Understanding 208
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PART THREE. Semantics and Pragmatics
- ESSAY NINE. Naming and Asserting 251
- ESSAY TEN. The Gap between Meaning and Assertion: Why What We Literally Say Often Differs from What Our Words Literally Mean 278
- ESSAY ELEVEN. Drawing the Line between Meaning and Implicature – and Relating Both to Assertion 298
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Part Four. Descriptions
- ESSAY TWELVE. Incomplete Definite Descriptions 329
- ESSAY THIRTEEN. Donnellan’s Referential/Attributive Distinction 360
- ESSAY FOURTEEN. Why Incomplete Definite Descriptions Do Not Defeat Russell’s Theory of Descriptions 377
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PART FIVE. Meaning and Use: Lessons for Legal Interpretation
- ESSAY FIFTEEN. Interpreting Legal Texts: What Is, and What Is Not, Special about the Law 403
- Index 425
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- The Origins of These Essays ix
- Introduction 1
-
PART ONE. Presupposition
- ESSAY ONE. A Projection Problem for Speaker Presuppositions 23
- ESSAY TWO. Presupposition 73
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PART TWO. Language and Linguistic Competence
- ESSAY THREE. Linguistics and Psychology 133
- ESSAY FOUR. Semantics and Psychology 159
- ESSAY FIVE. Semantics and Semantic Competence 182
- ESSAY SIX. The Necessity Argument 202
- ESSAY SEVEN. Truth, Meaning, and Understanding 208
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PART THREE. Semantics and Pragmatics
- ESSAY NINE. Naming and Asserting 251
- ESSAY TEN. The Gap between Meaning and Assertion: Why What We Literally Say Often Differs from What Our Words Literally Mean 278
- ESSAY ELEVEN. Drawing the Line between Meaning and Implicature – and Relating Both to Assertion 298
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Part Four. Descriptions
- ESSAY TWELVE. Incomplete Definite Descriptions 329
- ESSAY THIRTEEN. Donnellan’s Referential/Attributive Distinction 360
- ESSAY FOURTEEN. Why Incomplete Definite Descriptions Do Not Defeat Russell’s Theory of Descriptions 377
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PART FIVE. Meaning and Use: Lessons for Legal Interpretation
- ESSAY FIFTEEN. Interpreting Legal Texts: What Is, and What Is Not, Special about the Law 403
- Index 425