Semantic Under-determinacy and Communication

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-21

3. On Semantic Under-Determinacy

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   2. Arguing for Semantic Under-Determinacy

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   3. The Peculiarity of Semantic Under-Determinacy

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4. Semantic Under-Determinacy and Communication

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   2. Semantic Under-Determinacy and the Debate on Context-Sensitivity

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   3. Semantic Under-Determinacy and Conceptual Constraints

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   4. Semantic Under-Determinacy, Comprehension and Meta-Representation

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5. Back Matter

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Combining a fresh, previously unexplored view of the subject with a detailed overview of the past and ongoing philosophical discussion on the matter, this book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by seeking an answer to the questions of how it can be explained, and how communication is possible despite it.

• Semantic Under-determinacy
• Context-sensitivity
• Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
• Semantic Contextualism
• Semantic Minimalism
• Linguistic Communication
• Meta-representation
• communication
• concept
• philosophy
• semantic
• subject

• National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

  Delia Belleri

Delia Belleri is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Philosophical Investigations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. Previously, she has been a research fellow at the COGITO Research Centre of Philosophy, University of Bologna, Italy. Her main research interests include semantics, pragmatics and their interface.

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