Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology: The Case of Conditionals

Sztencel, Magdalena

This book systematically investigates what follows about meaning in language if current views on the limited, or even redundant, role of linguistic semantics are taken to their radical conclusion. Focusing on conditionals, the book defends a wholly pragmatic, wholly inferential account of meaning – one which foregrounds a reasoning subject’s individual state of mind. The topics discussed in the book include conceptual content, internalism and externalism, the semantics-pragmatics distinction, meaning holism and explicit versus implicit communication. These topics and the author’s analysis of conditionals will allow the reader to engage with some traditional and current research in linguistics, philosophy and psychology.   

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2019-06-04

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319887166

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69116-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 195