Context, Truth and Objectivity: Essays on Radical Contextualism

ISBN-13: 9781032094830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 260 str.

Eduardo Marchesan; David Zapero

Opis

This book presents the central issues provoked by the radical contextualist position according to which there is an insurmountable gap between meaning and saying. The essays in this volume set these debates in a wider context, and present the fundamental motivations and implications of radical contextualism.

Spis treści

1. Introduction




David Zapero









2. What is a Statement?







Jocelyn Benoist









3. Ordinary Language Philosophy Needs Situation Semantics (or Why Grice Needs Austin)







Krista Lawlor









4. Beyond Unnatural Doubts: Lessons from Wittgenstein







Michael Williams









5. Meaning and Ostension: from Putnam Semantics to Contextualism







François Recanati









6. The Role of Intention in Truth







Eduardo Marchesan









7. Is Seeing Judging? Radical Contextualism and the Problem of Perception







Sofia Miguens









8. Externalism and Context-Sensitivity







David Zapero









9. Contextualism and the Twilight of Representationalism







Avner Baz









10. Their Work and Why They Do It

Charles Travis

O autorze

Eduardo Marchesan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Philosophy Department of the University of São Paulo. His main research interests are in the fields of philosophy of language and linguistics. He has published various articles in both these fields.

　

David Zapero is a Research Fellow of the Thyssen Foundation at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bonn. His interests lie in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of language and moral psychology. His publications include various articles in these fields and a forthcoming book entitled La forme de la règle (2018).