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Critical Reflections on Intentions and Linguistic Communication
Abstract
This paper has the following structure: first, Paul Grice’s original account of non-natural meaning (in “Meaning”) is critically discussed; second, Stephen Neale’s analysis (in “Paul Grice and the Philosophy of Language”) is critically discussed; third, Kent Bach and Robert Harnish’s analysis of linguistic communication is critically discussed; lastly, due to considerations detailed in the previous section, doubts are raised about the viability of intentional based semantics. In discussing Neale and Bach and Harnish, two novel counter-examples are employed to show their analyses to be inadequate.
How to Cite:
Haas, B., 2016. Critical Reflections on Intentions and Linguistic Communication. International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, 8(2), pp.9 (80–89). DOI: http://doi.org/10.7710/2155-4838.1149
Published on
24 Jun 2016.
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