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Attitude Problems Graeme Forbes (, The University of Colorado, Boulder)

Attitude Problems By Graeme Forbes (, The University of Colorado, Boulder)

Attitude Problems by Graeme Forbes (, The University of Colorado, Boulder)


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Presents an account of mental state ascriptions that are made using intensional transitive verbs such as 'want', 'seek', 'imagine', and 'worship'. This work offers a theory of how such verbs work that draws on ideas from natural language semantics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics.

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Attitude Problems: An Essay On Linguistic Intensionality by Graeme Forbes (, The University of Colorado, Boulder)

Ascriptions of mental states to oneself and others give rise to many interesting logical and semantic problems. Attitude Problems presents an original account of mental state ascriptions that are made using intensional transitive verbs such as 'want', 'seek', 'imagine', and 'worship'. Forbes offers a theory of how such verbs work that draws on ideas from natural language semantics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics.

Table of Contents

1. Compositionality ; 2. A Brief Guide to Type Theory ; 3. Intensional Transitives ; 4. Propositionalism ; 5. Quantifiers and Characterization ; 6. Unspecificity and Inference ; 7. Verbs of Creation and Depiction ; 8. Substitutivity

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NPB9780199274949
9780199274949
0199274940
Attitude Problems: An Essay On Linguistic Intensionality by Graeme Forbes (, The University of Colorado, Boulder)
New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2006-06-29
208
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