Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics: Theoretical Developments

✍ Scribed by Fabrizio Macagno, Alessandro Capone

• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 210
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Introduction: Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics – Theoretical Developments
References
Three Mistakes About Semantic Intentions
Mistake (I): Intending to Refer
Objection 1: Implausible Starting Point
Objection 2: Incomplete
Objection 3: Redundant
Objection 4: Misleading
Mistake (II): Intending to Communicate
Mistake (III): Constraints on Intentions
References
Common-Knowledge-Based Pragmatics
A Coordination Problem Model of Communication
Two Problems with the Gricean Answer
Common Knowledge Generators
Generating Common Knowledge in Communication Coordination Problems
Social Roles
Context
Common Knowledge-Based Pragmatics
Appendix
References
The Primacy of Semantics and How to Understand It
Introduction
The Territorial Wars: Semantics Versus Pragmatics
The Pragmaticist Proposal
The Semanticists Strike Back: A Radical Proposal
The Guidance Proposal
The Isolation Strategy and Why It Is Misleading
Anaphora and Guided Saturation
Conclusion
References
‘Few’, ‘A Few’, ‘Only’: Negative Quantifier Noun Phases and Negative Polarity Items – The Horn-Atlas Debate 1991–2018
Historical Introduction
“Only Proper Name” and “Few N” Sentences: Entailments, Implicata, and Monotonicity
Zwarts’s (1996) De Morgan Taxonomy of Negative Noun Phrases
“Only Proper Name”: The Standard View (Geach 1962, Pre-2002 Horn)
“Only Proper Name”: The Stuttgart View (Atlas 1991, 1996)
The Post-Horn (1996) Pragmatic View
The Standard View of Few N: Chomsky (1972), Horn (1989, pp. 244–250), Zwarts (1996)
The Atlas View of Few N
Assertion and the Division of Semantic Labor
Peter Geach’s Account of “Only Proper Name” Sentences: Excluding Force
What Are Geach’s Options?
The Atlas Dis-Solution of the ‘Only’ Problem
References
Speech-Act-Theoretic Explanations of Problems of Pure Indexicals
Problematic Cases of the Personal Pronouns I and You
The Analyses Given by Goffman (1981) and Austin ([1962]1975)
Analysing the Problematic Cases
Concluding Remarks
References
Prospective Reference
1. Theories of Prospective Reference
2. The Practice of Prospective Reference
2.1. Commerce and Law
2.2. Abortion Discourse
3. Experimental Data
4. Significance of the Data
4.1. Traditional Lexical Semantics
4.2. Semantic Externalism
References
Categorization, Memory and Linguistic Uses: What Happens in the Case of Polysemy
Introduction
Polysemy as a Semiotic Necessity
Perspectives on the Study of Polysemy
Lexical Pragmatics and Attention to Use
Some Proposals for a “Dynamic” Interpretation of Polysemy
Conclusions
References
Interpretation of Copredicative Sentences: A Rich Underspecification Account of Polysemy
Introduction
Classification of Underspecification Models
Core-Meaning Approaches
Thin Semantic Approaches
Rich Underspecific Structures
Analysis of Empirical Results
Representation, Interpretation and Copredication in the Activation Package Model
Conclusions
References
First Person Implicit Indirect Reports in Disguise
Introduction
The Scope of Pragmatics
First Person Implicit Indirect Reports
Second Person Indirect Reports and Implicit ‘De se’ Attributions
Operation Cases
Extending the Analysis
Conclusion
References
Assessing Dialectical Relevance Using Argument Distance
Introduction
The Pragmatic Nature of Dialectical Relevance
Probative and Topical Relevance
The Nuclear Waste Example
The Bank Robbery Example
The Tuna Fish Example
Modeling Probative Distance with Carneades
First Abstract Example
Second Abstract Example
Conclusions
References
The Communicative Functions of Metaphors Between Explanation and Persuasion
Metaphors: Between Persuading and Explaining
Explanation Versus Persuasion
Persuasive and Explanatory Metaphors
Metaphors and the Blurred Distinction Between Explanation and Persuasion
Describing the Conversational Goals of Metaphorical Utterances
Metaphorical Moves
From Metaphorical Utterances to Metaphorical Moves
Goals of Metaphorical Explanations
Conclusion
References
Stereotypes Favour Implicatures and Implicatures Smuggle Stereotypes: The Case of Propaganda
Introduction
The Evolution of Critical Attention: Implicit Strategies as Persuasive Devices
Stereotypes in the Semantics of Advertising
The Combined Effects of Stereotypes and Implicatures in Advertising and Propaganda
Conclusions
References