The Sense of Self: Topics in the Semantics of De Se Expressions

The Sense of Self: Topics in the Semantics of De Se Expressions

This work investigates a series of phenomena that shed light on the analysis of attitudes de se. We adopt Lewis’ (1979) proposal that attitudes de se involve self-ascription of a property, and investigate how this view of mental content is reflected in natural language. The implementation favored is...

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Main Author: Pearson, Hazel Anne
Other Authors: Chierchia, Gennaro
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
Subjects:
Linguistics
Attitudes de se
Control
Formal semantics
Logophoricity
Predicates of personal taste
Relativism
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10610
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10381395

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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10381395

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