Intensionality and Propositionalism

IF 3 1区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Annual Review of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI:10.1146/annurev-linguistics-031522-104045
Kristina Liefke
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Propositionalism is the view that all intensional constructions (including nominal and clausal attitude reports) can be interpreted as relations to truth-evaluable propositional content. While propositionalism has long been silently assumed in semantics and the philosophy of language, it has only recently entered center stage in linguistic research. This article surveys the properties of intensional constructions, which require the introduction of fine-grained semantic values (intensions). It contrasts two ways of obtaining such values: through the introduction of either Russellian propositions or Frege-Church-style senses. The article identifies propositionalism with a specific variant of the Russellian strategy, reviews key arguments for propositionalism, and compares familiar varieties of propositionalism on the basis of instructive examples. It closes by discussing various challenges for propositionalism and suggesting a generalization of propositionalism that meets some of these challenges. Because of the association of propositions with semantic information, the article also addresses the more general question of whether all information content (including mental and pictorial content) is propositional. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Linguistics, Volume 10 is January 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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密集性和命题主义
命题主义认为所有的内涵结构(包括名义的和小句的态度报告)都可以被解释为与真值可评估的命题内容的关系。虽然命题主义在语义学和语言哲学中一直被默默假定,但它直到最近才进入语言学研究的中心舞台。本文研究了需要引入细粒度语义值(语义)的内涵结构的特性。它对比了获得这种价值的两种方式:通过引入罗素式命题或弗雷格-丘奇式感官。本文将命题主义与罗素策略的一种特定变体区分开来,回顾了命题主义的主要论点,并在有指导意义的例子的基础上比较了命题主义的常见变体。最后讨论了命题主义面临的各种挑战,并提出了命题主义的概括,以应对这些挑战。由于命题与语义信息的关联,本文还解决了是否所有信息内容(包括心理和图像内容)都是命题的更一般的问题。预计最终在线出版日期为语言学年度评论,第10卷是2024年1月。修订后的估计数请参阅http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates。
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期刊介绍: The Annual Review of Linguistics, in publication since 2015, covers significant developments in the field of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and their interfaces. Reviews synthesize advances in linguistic theory, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, language change, biology and evolution of language, typology, as well as applications of linguistics in many domains.
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