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Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics (Paperback)
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Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics, 8
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This book explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by
sentences expressing personal taste, such as Roller coasters are
fun, or Licorice is tasty. Standard semantic theories explain the
meanings of sentences by specifying the conditions under which they
are true; here, Peter Lasersohn asks how we can account for
sentences that are concerned with matters of opinion rather than
matters of fact. He argues that a truth-theoretic semantic theory
is appropriate even for sentences like these, but that for such
sentences, truth and falsity must be assigned relative to
perspectives, rather than absolutely. The book provides a detailed
and explicit formal grammar, working out the implications of this
conception of truth both for simple sentences and for reports of
mental attitude. The semantic analysis is paired with a pragmatic
theory explaining what it means to assert a sentence which is true
or false only relativistically, and with a speculative account of
the functional motivation for a relativized notion of truth.
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