A two-dimensionalist guide to conceptual analysis

According to epistemic two-dimensionalism, or simply two dimensionalism, linguistic expressions are associated with two intensions, one of which represents an expression's a priori implications. The author investigates the prospects of conceptual analysis on the basis of a two dimensionalist th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kipper, Jens (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag 2012.
Colección:Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 25.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Preface
  • Inhalt
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is conceptual analysis and what is the problem?
  • 2 Two-dimensionalism and the necessary a posteriori
  • 3 The challenge from the epistemic arguments
  • 4 Primary intensions, defining the subject, and communication
  • 5 Epistemic transparency and epistemic opacity
  • 6 Scrutability, primary intensions, and conceptual analysis
  • 7 The trouble with definitions and the aims of conceptual analysis
  • 8 Concluding remarks
  • References