Center for the Study of Language and Information
Three Demonstrations and a Funeral and Other Essays
9781881526933
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Three Demonstrations and a Funeral and Other Essays
A collaboration between three distinguished professors of linguistics and philosophy.
This book is a result, not only of the collaboration of the three authors, but of two universities—the University of the Basque Country and Stanford University. In 1986, the late Jesus Mari Larrazabal and John Etchemendy met at a conference. They started talking about Etchemendy’s Basque heritage, which was evident to Larrazabal from his name. Then they discussed logic and philosophy and found they had a lot in common in addition to being Basque. They became friends and Etchemendy visited the University of the Basque Country. Soon John and Nancy Etchemendy brought John and Frenchie Perry with them on a visit to Donostia, and they met Kepa Korta, then finishing up his doctoral dissertation directed by Larrazabal. On his next trip, Perry was awarded an honorary doctorate. Years later, María de Ponte started working with Kepa Korta as a postdoctoral researcher and met John Perry at a workshop on Semantics, Pragmatics and Rhetoric organized by the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information.
This book is a result, not only of the collaboration of the three authors, but of two universities—the University of the Basque Country and Stanford University. In 1986, the late Jesus Mari Larrazabal and John Etchemendy met at a conference. They started talking about Etchemendy’s Basque heritage, which was evident to Larrazabal from his name. Then they discussed logic and philosophy and found they had a lot in common in addition to being Basque. They became friends and Etchemendy visited the University of the Basque Country. Soon John and Nancy Etchemendy brought John and Frenchie Perry with them on a visit to Donostia, and they met Kepa Korta, then finishing up his doctoral dissertation directed by Larrazabal. On his next trip, Perry was awarded an honorary doctorate. Years later, María de Ponte started working with Kepa Korta as a postdoctoral researcher and met John Perry at a workshop on Semantics, Pragmatics and Rhetoric organized by the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information.
Table of Contents
1. Three Demonstrations and A Funeral 1
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2 Radical Minimalism, Moderate Contextualism 25
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3 How to Say Things with Words 43
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4 The Pragmatic Circle 63
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5 Reference: A New Paradigm 75
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6 Intentions to Refer 87
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7 What is Said 107
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8 Highlights of Critical Pragmatics: Reference and the Contents of the
Utterance 123
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9 Squaring the Circle 143
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10 Full but not Saturated: The Myth of Mandatory Primary Pragmatic
Processes 155
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11 New Thoughts about Old Facts: On Prior’s Root Canal 173
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12 Truth without Reference: The Use of Fictional Names 191
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13 Utterance and Context 211
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14 Four Puzzling Paragraphs. Frege on “=” and “=” 225
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15 Language and Luck 245
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16 Philosophy of Language and Action Theory 265
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17 Critical Pragmatics: Nine Misconceptions 287
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References 307
Index 319
KORTA AND PERRY
2 Radical Minimalism, Moderate Contextualism 25
KORTA AND PERRY
3 How to Say Things with Words 43
KORTA AND PERRY
4 The Pragmatic Circle 63
KORTA AND PERRY
5 Reference: A New Paradigm 75
KORTA AND PERRY
6 Intentions to Refer 87
KORTA AND PERRY
7 What is Said 107
KORTA AND PERRY
8 Highlights of Critical Pragmatics: Reference and the Contents of the
Utterance 123
KORTA AND PERRY
9 Squaring the Circle 143
KORTA AND PERRY
10 Full but not Saturated: The Myth of Mandatory Primary Pragmatic
Processes 155
KORTA AND PERRY
11 New Thoughts about Old Facts: On Prior’s Root Canal 173
DE PONTE AND KORTA
12 Truth without Reference: The Use of Fictional Names 191
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
13 Utterance and Context 211
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
14 Four Puzzling Paragraphs. Frege on “=” and “=” 225
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
15 Language and Luck 245
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
16 Philosophy of Language and Action Theory 265
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
17 Critical Pragmatics: Nine Misconceptions 287
DE PONTE, KORTA AND PERRY
References 307
Index 319