Language and logic : a speculative and condition-theoretic study
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Language and logic : a speculative and condition-theoretic study
（Pragmatics & beyond companion series, 2）
J. Benjamins, 1985
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A revision of the author's thesis, University of Antwerp, 1980
Bibliography: p. [229]-250
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this volume Van der Auwera attempts to clarify the idea that language reflects both mind and reality and to elucidate the reflection idea by turning it into the cornerstone of a linguistic theory of meaning.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface
- 2. Symbols and Abbreviations
- 3. Chapter I: Methodology, Contents, and Relevance
- 4. Chapter II: From Possible Worlds to Human Action
- 5. 1. Philosophy of mind, ontology, and reflection
- 6. 2. The out-of-mind
- 7. 3. The mind
- 8. 4. Human action
- 9. Chapter III: Speech Acts and Meanings
- 10. 1. Meaning and speech acts
- 11. 2. Basic speech acts
- 12. 3. Semantics and pragmatics
- 13. Chapter IV: Towards a Reflectionist and Condition-Theoretic Logic
- 14. 1. The basis of logic
- 15. 2. Intra-logical RL interpretations
- 16. 3. Conditions
- 17. 4. Truth
- 18. Chapter V: Propositional Operators
- 19. 1. Conditional and componential analyses
- 20. 2. Conjunction
- 21. 3. Truth, falsity, and possibility
- 22. 4. Modality
- 23. 5. Implication
- 24. 6. Postliminaries
- 25. Notes
- 26. References
- 27. Index
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