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Peter van Elswyk (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University) Dirk Kindermann (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Universität Wien)

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Peter van Elswyk (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University), Dirk Kindermann (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Universität Wien), Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University) , Andy Egan (Professor of Philosophy,, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press
05 May 2025

Philosophy of language; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of mind

The original essays in this volume present cutting-edge research on unstructured theories of propositional content. Unstructured theories have traditionally played a central role in linguistics, especially formal semantics, and both the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. The volume explores a wide range of themes related to unstructured content such as the continued controversy over whether unstructured theories individuate contents too coarsely compared to other theories of propositional content, and applications of unstructured theories to various topics. Topics to which unstructured theories are applied include rationality, epistemic commitment, semantic expressivism, relevance, and attitude ascriptions. Theories of unstructured content discussed include traditional theories according to which propositions are sets of worlds, as well as contemporary theories such as truthmaker semantics. The volume contains contributions from different theoretical perspectives, including perspectives sympathetic to unstructured theories of content and perspectives that are skeptical, as well as perspectives from different methodological backgrounds, with philosophy, logic, and linguistics all represented. With contributions from leading scholars in philosophy and linguistics, this volume will be required reading for anyone working on the nature of propositional content. It will also be of interest to those working on related issues in logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind.

Volume editor: Peter van Elswyk (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Assistant Professor of Philosophy Northwestern University), Dirk Kindermann (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Universität Wien), Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University), Andy Egan (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 592g
ISBN: 9780198823551
ISBN 10: 019882355X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter van Elswyk, Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini, Andy Egan, Dirk Kindermann: Introduction PART 1: Enriching the possible worlds approach 1: Daniel Hoek: Minimal Rationality and the Web of Questions 2: Robert Williams: Commitment issues in the naive theory of belief 3: Robert Stalnaker: Expressivism and propositions PART 2: Truthmaker-style approaches 4: Kit Fine: A theory of partial truth 5: Stephen Yablo: Relevance without minimality 6: Friederike Moltmann: Outline of an Object-Based Truthmaker Semantics for Modals and Propositional Attitudes PART 3: Assessing Unstructured Approaches 7: Jeffrey C. King: Unstructured content 8: John Perry: Attitudes and Propositions 9: Susanna Schellenberg: Fregean Particularism 10: Katharina Felka and Alex Steinberg: In defence of Fregean that-clause semantics

Peter van Elswyk is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. His research interests in the philosophy of language include formal pragmatics and speech act theory, evidentiality, and propositional anaphora. Dirk Kindermann is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Universität Wien. His research interests in the philosophy of language include de se communication, relativism, contextualism, and knowledge ascriptions. Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University-Newark. His research interests in the philosophy of language include formal pragmatics and speech act theory, pejoratives, and quotation. Andy Egan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. His research interests in the philosophy of language include epistemic modals, relativism, contextualism, and formal pragmatics.

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