Between logic and the world: an integrated theory of generics

In our everyday thought and talk, we put things into categories in order to generalize about them: 'Lions have manes', 'Ravens are black'. Bernhard Nickel presents a theory of generic sentences and the modes of thought they express, integrating compositional semantics with metaph...

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1. Verfasser: Nickel, Bernhard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:In our everyday thought and talk, we put things into categories in order to generalize about them: 'Lions have manes', 'Ravens are black'. Bernhard Nickel presents a theory of generic sentences and the modes of thought they express, integrating compositional semantics with metaphysics to solve the problems of what they mean and how they work
Beschreibung:This edition previously issued in print: 2016
ISBN:9780191822049
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640003.001.0001

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