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Can Empirical Theories of Semantic Competence Really Help Limn the Structure of Reality?

2006; Wiley; Volume: 40; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0029-4624.2006.00601.x

1468-0068

Steven Gross,

Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

NoûsVolume 40, Issue 1 p. 43-81 Can Empirical Theories of Semantic Competence Really Help Limn the Structure of Reality? Steven Gross, Steven Gross Georgetown UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Steven Gross, Steven Gross Georgetown UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 February 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0029-4624.2006.00601.xCitations: 8AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Alston, William. 1958 “Ontological Commitment,” Philosophical Studies 9. Brandom, Robert. 1994 Making It Explicit (Harvard). Carruthers, Peter. 2002 “The Cognitive Functions of Language,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25. Carston, Robyn. 2002 Thoughts and Utterances (Blackwell). Chomsky, Noam. 1975 Reflections on Language (Fontana/Collins). Davidson, Donald. 1967a “Truth and Meaning,” Synthese 17. Davidson, Donald. 1967b “The Logical Form of Action Sentences,” The Logic of Decision and Action, ed. N. Rescher (Pittsburgh). Davidson, Donald. 1973 “Radical Interpretation,” Dialectica 23. Davidson, Donald. 1977 “The Method of Truth in Metaphysics,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 2. Cited as reprinted in his Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation(Oxford, 1984). Davidson, Donald. 1983 “A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge,” Truth and Interpretation, ed. E. Lepore (Blackwell). Evans, Gareth. 1976 “Semantic Structure and Logical Form,” Truth and Meaning, eds. G. Evans and J. McDowell (Oxford). Field, Hartry. 1980 Science Without Numbers (Princeton). Gross, Steven. 2004 “Putnam, Context, and Ontology,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 34. Gross, Steven. 2005a “Context-Sensitive Truth-Theoretic Accounts of Semantic Competence,” Mind and Language 20. Gross, Steven. 2005b “The Biconditional Doctrine: Contra Kölbel on a ‘Dogma’ of Davidsonian Semantics, Erkenntnis 62. Harman, Gilbert. 1972 “Deep Structure as Logical Form,” Semantics of Natural Language, eds. D. Davidson and G. Harman (Reidel). Higginbotham, James. 1985 “On Semantics,” Linguistic Inquiry 16. Higginbotham, James. 2000 “On Events in Linguistic Semantics,” Speaking of Events, eds. J. Higginbotham, F. Pianesi, and A. Varzi (Oxford). Hume, David. 1779 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Kölbel, Max. 2001 “Two Dogmas of Davidsonian Semantics.” Journal of Philosophy 98. Larson, Richard, and Gabriel Segal. 1995 Knowledge of Meaning (MIT). Ludlow, Peter. 1997 “Logical Form and Grammatical Form: Introduction,” Readings in the Philosophy of Language, ed. P. Ludlow (MIT). Ludlow, Peter. 1997a “Preface,” Readings in the Philosophy of Language, ed. P. Ludlow (MIT). Ludlow, Peter. 1999 Semantics, Tense, and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language (MIT). Ludlow, Peter. 2002 “LF and Natural Logic,” Logical Form and Language, eds. G. Preyer and G. Peter (Oxford). Lycan, William. 1984 Logical Form in Natural Language (MIT). McTaggert, J. M. E. 1908 “The Unreality of Time,” Mind 68. Parsons, Charles. 1971 “A Plea for Substitutional Quantification,” Journal of Philosophy 68. Parsons, Terence. 1990 Events in the Semantics of English (MIT). Pietroski, Paul. 2003 “The Character of Natural Language Semantics,” Epistemology of Language, ed. A. Barber (Oxford). Quine, W. V. O. 1948 “On What There Is,” Review of Metaphysics 2. Quine, W. V. O. 1953 “Mr. Strawson on Logical Theory,” Mind 62. Quine, W. V. O. 1960 Word and Object (MIT). Quine, W. V. O. 1970 “Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory,” Synthese 21. Quine, W. V. O. 1977 Review of Truth and Meaning: Essays in Semantics, eds. G. Evans and J. McDowell (Oxford, 1976), in Journal of Philosophy 74. Quine, W. V. O. 1981 “Things and their Place in Theories,” in his Theories and Things (Harvard). Soames, Scott. 1989 “Semantics and Semantic Competence,” Philosophical Perspectives 3. Stalnaker, Robert. 1974 “Pragmatic Preusppositions,” Semantics and Philosophy, eds. M. Munitz and P. Unger (NYU). Szabó, Zoltán Gendler. 1997 Review of Larson and Segal (1995), The Philosophical Review 106. Citing Literature Volume40, Issue1March 2006Pages 43-81 ReferencesRelatedInformation