Beyond the Letter : A Philosophical Inquiry into Ambiguity, Vagueness and Methaphor in Language

ISBN-13: 9780415581110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 164 str.

Israel Scheffler

Opis

Ambiguity, vagueness and metaphor are pervasive features of language, deserving of systematic study in their own right. This book offers a consecutive study of these features from a philosphical point of view, providing analyses of each and treating their relations to one another.

Spis treści

Part I: Ambiguity  1. Introduction to the Problem  2. Inscriptions and Extensions  3. E-Ambiguity, Generality, Vagueness  4. Ambiguity of Occurence: I-ambiguity  5. Ambiguity of Occurence: M-ambiguity  6. A New Problem: Green Centaurs  7. Difference in Meaning  8. Constituent Ambiguity  9. Compound Ambiguity  10. Mention-Selection  Part II: Vagueness 11. Vagueness and I-ambiguity  12. Vagueness, Generality, Precision  13. Vagueness and Molecular Compounds  14. Vagueness, Atomic Compounds and Mention-Selection  15. Relativity and the Universality of Vagueness  16. The Possibility of Vagueness  17. Open Texture, Compounds and Mention-selection  18. Open Texture and Analycity  19. Open Texture and Relative Terms  20. Open Texture and Classification  21. Vagueness and Logic  22. Vagueness, Meaning and Fact  Part III: Metaphor  23. Metaphor, Mention-selection and E-ambiguity  24. Intuitionistic Approach to Metaphor  25. Emotivism and Metaphor  26.  Formulaic Approach to Metaphor  27. Intensional Approach to Metaphor  28. Evaluation of Intensionalism  29. Interactionalism and Metaphor  30. Evaluation of Interactionalism and Metaphor  31. Contextualism and Metaphor  32. Metaphor and Exploration 

O autorze

Israel Scheffler