Accommodating Abstracta in Naturalist Accounts of Meaning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Philosophical and Formal Approaches to Linguistic Analysis. Preface 1
4. Boghossian’s Implicit Definition Template 15
5. The Two One Fallacy Theory Theory 37
6. Modal Games in Natural Language 57
7. A Problem with Structured Propositions 81
8. Does Intensional Semantics Account for ‘Travis Cases’? 87
9. Chomsky’s Methodological Naturalism and the Mereological Fallacy 113
10. Kripke and Mill on Natural Kind Terms 127
11. In Defence of Axiomatic Semantics 145
12. Identity of Linguistic Expressions and Lexical Synonymy in the Fields of Logical Semantics, Linguistic Semantics, and ‘Pragmatic Semantics’ 161
13. Structured Propositions and Shared Content 177
14. In Defence of Singular Propositions 197
15. Context and Compositionality: the Challenge of Conversational Dialogue 215
16. Deferred Reference and Descriptive Indexicals. Mixed Cases 241
17. Proper Names: Denying Semantic Uniformity 263
18. Taking (It) Seriously: Normativity of Meaning 273
19. Accommodating Abstracta in Naturalist Accounts of Meaning 295
20. Ambiguous Conditionals 315
21. Defining Linear Dynamic Syntax 333
22. Towards a Non-referential Semantics 357
23. Are Propositions Facts? 385
24. Judgement-Dependence, Tacit Knowledge and Linguistic Understanding 405
25. Making Events Redundant: Adnominal Modification and Phases 429
26. A Philosophical Reflection on Language: Is Ontology Needed in Semantics? 457
27. In Defense of Implicit Knowledge in a Full-Blooded Theory of Meaning 477
28. On Pragmatic Regularities 491
29. A New Perspective for the Theory of Intentionality 513
30. A Conceptual Role Semantics for Attitude Reports 527
31. Index of Names 551
32. Index of Subjects 553
33. Backmatter 558