The Architecture of Context and Context-Sensitivity: Perspectives from Philosophy, Linguistics and Logic (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 103)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Contributors
An Introduction: The Architecture of Context and Context-Sensitivity
	References
Utterance and Context
	1 Introduction
	2 Prior\'s Root Canal
		2.1 Kaplan\'s Approach
		2.2 The Reflexive-Referential Approach
	3 Varieties of Cognitive Significance
	4 Back to Prior
	5 Wettstein\'s Challenge
	6 More Hazes
	7 Conclusion
	References
Indirectness and Intentions in Metasemantics
	1 Indirect Metasemantics
	2 The Role of Intentions
	3 Cognition and Semantics
	4 Conclusion
	References
Speaker Intentions and Objective Metasemantics
	References
Speakers, Hearers and Demonstrative Reference
	1 Introduction
	2 Intentionalism vs. Anti-Intentionalism
		2.1 Intentionalist Theories
		2.2 Anti-Intentionalist Theories
		2.3 Method and Argument
	3 The Evidence from Interpretive Interaction
		3.1 Conflicting Evidence
		3.2 Replacement
		3.3 A Case of Consequence
		3.4 Merriment
	4 Conclusion
	References
How to Say When: A Reichenbachian Approach to the Answering Machine Puzzle
	1 Introduction
	2 The Framework
	3 The Proposal
	4 `Now\' and Past Tense Constructions
	5 Comparison with Other Views
	References
Distributed Utterances
	1 Introduction
	2 The Problem
		2.1 Braun\'s Proposal
	3 Revising the Logic of Demonstratives (LD)
	4 Implications and Applications
		4.1 Implication: Some Contexts Don\'t Work for Some Formulas
		4.2 Application 1: Temporally/Spatially Distributed Utterances
		4.3 Application 2: Agentially Distributed Utterances
		4.4 Application 3: Scare-Quoting
		4.5 Application 4: ``Co-indexing\'\' by Context
			4.5.1 The Tarskian Account of Binding
			4.5.2 ``Binding\'\' by Context
	5 Conclusion
	References
Demonstratives in First-Order Logic
	1 Introduction
	2 Contexts and Logic
	3 A First-Order Logic of Demonstratives
	4 The Coordination in Context Assumption
	5 Demonstratives and Proof
	6 Conclusion
	References
De Se as Variable Binding: On Context-Sensitivity in UtteranceReports
	1 Introduction
	2 Kaplan on Direct Reference
	3 The Data
	4 Anaphora, Direct Reference and De Se Readings
	5 Monsters and the Objects of Belief
		5.1 The Problems for Propositionalism
		5.2 Monsters, Pronouns and Compositionality
		5.3 Believing the Same
		5.4 A Final Objection
	6 Conclusion: A Dilemma
	References
How Can “I” Refer to Me? Banishing Monsters at the Source
	1 Direct Reference and the Prohibition on Monsters
		1.1 From Direct Reference to the Prohibition on Monsters
			1.1.1 Grounding Direct Reference
			1.1.2 Deriving the Prohibition on Monsters
		1.2 From the Prohibition on Monsters to Direct Reference
			1.2.1 Schlenker\'s Challenge
			1.2.2 Two Semiotic Projects
			1.2.3 Kaplan\'s Criterion Again
	2 Précis of Formal Semantics
		2.1 Extensional Semantics
		2.2 Intensional Semantics
		2.3 Indexical Semantics
	3 Towards Foundational Pragmatics
		3.1 Diagnosis
		3.2 Prescription
		3.3 Treatment
		3.4 Checkup
	4 Conclusion
	References
Compositionality in Truth-Conditional Pragmatics
	1 Introduction: Meaning and Compositionality
		1.1 Linguistic Meaning and Propositional Content
		1.2 Varieties of Compositionality
	2 Radical Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Underdetermination
	3 Truth-Conditional Pragmatics and Weak Compositionality
	4 Against Weakening Compositionality
		4.1 Weakly Compositional Meaning Rules
		4.2 Context-Specific Pragmatic Functions
	5 Conclusions
	References
Occasion-Sensitivity and What Is Said
	1 Introduction
	2 Travis Cases
	3 Two Versions of Truth-Conditional Pragmatics
	4 Some Problems for Contextualism
		4.1 Travis-Borg Slippery Slope Argument
		4.2 Linguistic Mystery
		4.3 Cognitive Mystery
		4.4 Metaphysical Mystery
		4.5 Conclusions
	5 Occasion-Sensitive Languages
	References
Context and Communicative Success
	1 Introduction
	2 Communication and Content Individuation
	3 Communicative Success and Invariantism
		3.1 Conditions on Content
		3.2 Conditions on Understanding
	4 Against Invariantism
	5 Communicative Success and Intuitions
	6 Conclusion
	References
Truth and Context
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	References
Subsentential Speech Acts: A Situated Contextualist Account
	1 Introduction
	2 Situation-Relativity: Perry and Corazza
	3 Moderate Relativism
	4 Situated Contextualism
	5 Are Subsentential Speech Acts an Argument for Contextualism?
	References
Some Constraints on Contextualism About Modals
	1 Introduction
	2 The Semantics of the Standard View
	3 Noteworthy Features of the Standard View
	4 Putting Pressure on Pragmatic Resolution
	5 Accommodating the Data with a Selectional Restriction
	6 The Event-Relative Approach to Modal Semantics
	7 Towards an Explanation
	8 Taking Stock
	References
Index