Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics ( Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights )

Publication series ： Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights

Author： Marina Sbisà   Jan-Ola Östman   Jef Verschueren  

Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9789027289131

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027207876

Subject： H03 semantics, pragmatics, lexicology, and semantics

Language： ENG

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The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural, variational, interactional, or discursive angles, this 10th volume focuses on the interface between pragmatics and philosophy and reviews the philosophical background from which pragmatics has taken inspiration and with which it is constantly confronted. It provides the reader with information about authors relevant to the development of pragmatics, trends or areas in philosophy that are relevant for the definition of the main concepts in pragmatics or the characterization of its cultural context, the neighbouring field of semantics (with particular respect to truth-conditional semantics and some main branches of formal semantics), and recent philosophical debates that involve pragmatic notions such as indexicality and context. While most of the references are to the analytic philosophical field, also perspectives in so-called continental philosophy are taken into account. The introductory chapter outlines some unifying routes of reflection as regards meaning, speech as action, and self and mind, and suggests some connections between doing pragmatics and doing philosophy.

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Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics

Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics

Editorial page

Editorial page

Title page

Title page

LCC data

LCC data

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface to the series

Preface to the series

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Introduction

1. Pragmatics and philosophy

1. Pragmatics and philosophy

2. Conceptions of meaning

2. Conceptions of meaning

3. Speech as action

3. Speech as action

4. Mind and self

4. Mind and self

5. Doing pragmatics, doing philosophy

5. Doing pragmatics, doing philosophy

References

References

Analytical philosophy - Ordinary language philosophy

Analytical philosophy - Ordinary language philosophy

1. Philosophy as analysis

1. Philosophy as analysis

1.1 The ‘linguistic turn’

1.1 The ‘linguistic turn’

1.2 The influence of Frege

1.2 The influence of Frege

1.3 Analysis in G.E. Moore and B. Russell

1.3 Analysis in G.E. Moore and B. Russell

2. Analysis and the ideal of scientific language

2. Analysis and the ideal of scientific language

2.1 Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

2.1 Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

2.2 Rudolf Carnap and the Encyclopedia of unified science

2.2 Rudolf Carnap and the Encyclopedia of unified science

3. Analysis and ordinary language

3. Analysis and ordinary language

3.1 The evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought

3.1 The evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought

3.2 Wittgenstein’s influence and ordinary language philosophy

3.2 Wittgenstein’s influence and ordinary language philosophy

3.3 Some Oxford philosophers

3.3 Some Oxford philosophers

3.3.1 J. L. Austin

3.3.1 J. L. Austin

3.3.2 P. F. Strawson

3.3.2 P. F. Strawson

3.3.3 H. P. Grice

3.3.3 H. P. Grice

4. Further developments of analytical philosophy

4. Further developments of analytical philosophy

4.1 W. V. O. Quine: From analysis to naturalization

4.1 W. V. O. Quine: From analysis to naturalization

4.2 From intensional semantics to discourse representation theory

4.2 From intensional semantics to discourse representation theory

4.3 Meaning and understanding

4.3 Meaning and understanding

4.4 Philosophy of mind

4.4 Philosophy of mind

5. Analytical philosophy and pragmatics

5. Analytical philosophy and pragmatics

References

References

John L. Austin

John L. Austin

1. J. L. Austin and his approach to philosophy

1. J. L. Austin and his approach to philosophy

1.1 Austin’s philosophical method

1.1 Austin’s philosophical method

1.2 Linguistic phenomenology”

1.2 Linguistic phenomenology”

1.3 General tendencies

1.3 General tendencies

2. Epistemology

2. Epistemology

2.1 Knowledge and belief

2.1 Knowledge and belief

2.2 Perception

2.2 Perception

3. Philosophy of language

3. Philosophy of language

3.1 Meaning

3.1 Meaning

3.2 Performative utterances

3.2 Performative utterances

3.3 Assertion and truth

3.3 Assertion and truth

3.4 The speech act

3.4 The speech act

4. Philosophy of action

4. Philosophy of action

4.1 Action

4.1 Action

4.2 Freedom and responsibility

4.2 Freedom and responsibility

5. Austin and pragmatics

5. Austin and pragmatics

References

References

Mikhail Bakhtin

Mikhail Bakhtin

1. Biographical sketch

1. Biographical sketch

2. The ‘Bakhtin industry’

2. The ‘Bakhtin industry’

3. Bakhtin’s view of language

3. Bakhtin’s view of language

3.1 Dialogue

3.1 Dialogue

3.2 Heteroglossia

3.2 Heteroglossia

3.3 Polyphony

3.3 Polyphony

3.4 Metalinguistics

3.4 Metalinguistics

3.5 Speech genres

3.5 Speech genres

3.6 Chronotope

3.6 Chronotope

3.7. Carnival

3.7. Carnival

4. Conclusion

4. Conclusion

References

References

Contextualism

Contextualism

1. Two perspectives

1. Two perspectives

2. Semantic minimalism

2. Semantic minimalism

3. Indexicalism

3. Indexicalism

4. Radical contextualism

4. Radical contextualism

4.1 Overview

4.1 Overview

4.2 Wittgenstein, Austin, Searle, and Travis

4.2 Wittgenstein, Austin, Searle, and Travis

4.3 Motivations for radical contextualism

4.3 Motivations for radical contextualism

4.4 Objections to radical contextualism

4.4 Objections to radical contextualism

5. Nonindexical contextualism

5. Nonindexical contextualism

6. Conclusion

6. Conclusion

References

References

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

1.Introduction

1.Introduction

2. Historical background

2. Historical background

3. Basic tenets

3. Basic tenets

4. Deconstruction in literature and linguistics

4. Deconstruction in literature and linguistics

5. Against deconstruction

5. Against deconstruction

References

References

Epistemology

Epistemology

References

References

Epistemology of testimony

Epistemology of testimony

References

References

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Foucault and the discursive turn

2. Foucault and the discursive turn

2.1 Discourse as a practice

2.1 Discourse as a practice

2.2 Discourse, knowledge and power

2.2 Discourse, knowledge and power

3. The order of discourse

3. The order of discourse

4. Rethinking the analytical practice

4. Rethinking the analytical practice

5. Conclusions

5. Conclusions

References

References

H.P. Grice

H.P. Grice

1. Life

1. Life

2. Language

2. Language

2.1 Meaning

2.1 Meaning

2.2 The conversationalist hypothesis

2.2 The conversationalist hypothesis

2.3 Rationality

2.3 Rationality

3. Value and the new metaphysics

3. Value and the new metaphysics

3.1 Creature construction

3.1 Creature construction

3.2 Absolute value (Kantotle)

3.2 Absolute value (Kantotle)

4. Concluding remarks

4. Concluding remarks

5. Further reading

5. Further reading

References

References

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. The origins of hermeneutic thinking

2. The origins of hermeneutic thinking

3. Some aspects of the evolution of hermeneutic thinking

3. Some aspects of the evolution of hermeneutic thinking

4. The nature of the hermeneutic enterprise and the hermeneutical circle

4. The nature of the hermeneutic enterprise and the hermeneutical circle

5. Linguistics and hermeneutics

5. Linguistics and hermeneutics

5.1 Structuralism

5.1 Structuralism

5.2 Linguistic anthropology

5.2 Linguistic anthropology

5.3 Cognitive linguistics

5.3 Cognitive linguistics

5.4 Conversation analysis

5.4 Conversation analysis

References

References

Indexicals and Demonstratives

Indexicals and Demonstratives

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Indexical expressions

2. Indexical expressions

3. Demonstratives, pure indexicals, and essential indexicals

3. Demonstratives, pure indexicals, and essential indexicals

4. Indexicals as singular terms

4. Indexicals as singular terms

5. Indexicals and anaphors

5. Indexicals and anaphors

6. Indexicals and contexts

6. Indexicals and contexts

7. Conclusion

7. Conclusion

References

References

Intensional logic

Intensional logic

1. The distinction between intension and extension

1. The distinction between intension and extension

2. The principle of extensionality and its failures

2. The principle of extensionality and its failures

3. The Frege-Carnap treatment of intensional contexts

3. The Frege-Carnap treatment of intensional contexts

4. The problem of hybrid contexts

4. The problem of hybrid contexts

5. Intensional constructions in natural language: the montagovian paradigm

5. Intensional constructions in natural language: the montagovian paradigm

6. Inadequacies of the standard semantics of intensional logic

6. Inadequacies of the standard semantics of intensional logic

7. Hyperintensionality

7. Hyperintensionality

8. Propositional attitudes and pragmatics

8. Propositional attitudes and pragmatics

9. Intension, compositionality and context-dependence

9. Intension, compositionality and context-dependence

References

References

Modal Logic

Modal Logic

1. The development of modal logic

1. The development of modal logic

2. Irving Lewis’ contribution

2. Irving Lewis’ contribution

3. What is modal logic all about?

3. What is modal logic all about?

4. Quantified modal logic

4. Quantified modal logic

5. Tense logic

5. Tense logic

6. From tense logic to pragmatics

6. From tense logic to pragmatics

References

References

Model-theoretic semantics

Model-theoretic semantics

1. The meeting of two different approaches to semantics

1. The meeting of two different approaches to semantics

2. The basic notions of Tarski’s semantics

2. The basic notions of Tarski’s semantics

3. The scope and limits of Tarski’s semantics

3. The scope and limits of Tarski’s semantics

4. Generalized quantifiers

4. Generalized quantifiers

5. The layers of contexts

5. The layers of contexts

6. A model-theory for contexts

6. A model-theory for contexts

References

References

Charles Morris

Charles Morris

1. Morris’s behavioristics and pragmatics

1. Morris’s behavioristics and pragmatics

2. Morris’s pragmatics and Peirce’s pragmaticism: Towards a ‘behavioral semiotic’

2. Morris’s pragmatics and Peirce’s pragmaticism: Towards a ‘behavioral semiotic’

3. Pragmatic philosophy in the United States

3. Pragmatic philosophy in the United States

4. Pragmatics, signs and values

4. Pragmatics, signs and values

References

References

Notation in formal semantics

Notation in formal semantics

1. Objectives

1. Objectives

2. Principles

2. Principles

3. The basis: Predicate logic and model theory

3. The basis: Predicate logic and model theory

4. Semantic types

4. Semantic types

5. Lambda abstraction and lambda conversion

5. Lambda abstraction and lambda conversion

6. Quantifiers

6. Quantifiers

7. Intensionality

7. Intensionality

8. Contexts

8. Contexts

9. List of some frequently used symbols

9. List of some frequently used symbols

References

References

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

1. The study of ‘phenomena’

1. The study of ‘phenomena’

2. History and basic tenets of the phenomenological movement

2. History and basic tenets of the phenomenological movement

3. Phenomenology, linguistics, and the social sciences

3. Phenomenology, linguistics, and the social sciences

4. Implications for pragmatics

4. Implications for pragmatics

References

References

Philosophy of action

Philosophy of action

References

References

Philosophy of language

Philosophy of language

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Natural language

2. Natural language

3. Certain aspects of natural language

3. Certain aspects of natural language

4. Programmatic theories

4. Programmatic theories

References

References

Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of mind

1. Philosophy of mind naturalized

1. Philosophy of mind naturalized

2. The mind–body problem

2. The mind–body problem

3. The problem of intentionality or the status of folk psychology

3. The problem of intentionality or the status of folk psychology

4. Psychosemantics

4. Psychosemantics

5. Cognitive pragmatics

5. Cognitive pragmatics

References

References

Possible worlds semantics

Possible worlds semantics

1. Some logical problems

1. Some logical problems

2. The emergence of possible worlds semantics

2. The emergence of possible worlds semantics

3. Key concepts of possible worlds semantics

3. Key concepts of possible worlds semantics

4. From possible worlds semantics to pragmatics

4. From possible worlds semantics to pragmatics

References

References

Reference and descriptions

Reference and descriptions

1. Do proper names describe?

1. Do proper names describe?

1.1 Gottlob Frege

1.1 Gottlob Frege

1.2 Bertrand Russell

1.2 Bertrand Russell

1.3 John Searle

1.3 John Searle

1.4 Taking stock

1.4 Taking stock

1.5 Saul Kripke

1.5 Saul Kripke

2. Do definite descriptions refer?

2. Do definite descriptions refer?

2.1 Russell again

2.1 Russell again

2.2 Peter Strawson

2.2 Peter Strawson

2.3 Keith Donnellan

2.3 Keith Donnellan

3. One further issue: semantics versus pragmatics

3. One further issue: semantics versus pragmatics

References

References

Truth-conditional semantics

Truth-conditional semantics

1. The Basics

1. The Basics

2. Short history and key names

2. Short history and key names

3. Brief comparison with other approaches to linguistic meaning

3. Brief comparison with other approaches to linguistic meaning

4. Truth-conditional semantics and pragmatics

4. Truth-conditional semantics and pragmatics

4.1 Indexicality

4.1 Indexicality

4.2 Non-truth-conditional aspects of semantics

4.2 Non-truth-conditional aspects of semantics

References

References

Universal and transcendental pragmatics

Universal and transcendental pragmatics

1. Origins

1. Origins

2 Habermas’ universal pragmatics.

2 Habermas’ universal pragmatics.

3. Apel’s transcendental pragmatics.

3. Apel’s transcendental pragmatics.

References

References

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

1. Biographical sketch

1. Biographical sketch

2. General characteristics of Wittgenstein’s conception of philosophy

2. General characteristics of Wittgenstein’s conception of philosophy

3. The Tractatus and the picture-theory of meaning

3. The Tractatus and the picture-theory of meaning

4. Logical constants and the doctrine of saying and showing

4. Logical constants and the doctrine of saying and showing

5. Wittgenstein’s later philosophy

5. Wittgenstein’s later philosophy

6. Influence

6. Influence

References

References

Index

Index

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