02500nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10443127 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080429m20099999nju sb 001 0 eng d 2008019492 0691136807 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691136806 (v. 1 : hardcover : alk. paper) 0691136815 (v. 1. : pbk. : alk. paper) 9780691136813 (v. 1. : pbk. : alk. paper) 9781400837847 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)708254150 P107 .S67 2009eb 410.9 22 Soames, Scott. Philosophical essays [electronic resource]. Volume 1, Natural language : what it means and how we use it / Scott Soames. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009. x, 428 p. Philosophical essays ; v. 1 Includes bibliographical references and index. The origins of these essays -- Introduction -- Presupposition -- A projection problem for speaker presupposition -- Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence -- Linguistics and psychology -- Semantics and psychology -- Semantics and semantic competence -- The necessity argument -- Truth, meaning, and understanding -- Truth and meaning in perspective -- Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- Naming and asserting -- The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean -- Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion -- Pt. 4. Descriptions -- Incomplete definite descriptions -- Donnellan's referential/attributive distinction -- Why incomplete descriptions don't refute Russell's theory of descriptions -- Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation -- Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Language and languages Philosophy. Linguistics. Semantics. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Burge, Tyler. Philosophical essays ; v. 1. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10443127 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 246370 246370