Words and Contents (Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Vallée, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684000386 ISBN 13: 9781684000388

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2019

Synopsis

The papers collected in Richard Vallée’s Words and Contents span twenty-one years of research. Beginning with referring expressions and later addressing context sensitivity, the book examines how specific words contribute to the contents of utterances and the philosophical issues that surround them. Within these papers, Vallée navigates the discovery and exploration of different modes of expression and perspectives on language.

About this title

About the Author

John Perry is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he taught from 1974 to 2008, and from the University of California, Riverside, where he taught from 2008 to 2014. He has written books and articles on semantics (including pioneering work on situation semantics, with Jon Barwise), personal identity, the philosophy of language consciousness and other philosophical topics. He is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and research, including honorary degrees from Doane College, the University of the Basque Country, and Bochum University. He is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI).

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1684000386
• ISBN 13: 9781684000388
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 212