Context and the Attitudes: Meaning in Context, Volume 1

Thirteen Seminal Essays By Mark Richard Develop A Nuanced Account Of Semantics And Propositional Attitudes. The Collection Addresses A Range Of Topics In Philosophical Semantics And Philosophy Of Mind, And Is Accompanied By A New Introduction Which Discusses Attitudes Realized By Dispositions And Other Non-linguistic Cognitive Structures. Introduction : Mental States And Their Ascription -- Direct Reference And Ascriptions Of Belief -- Quantification And Leibniz's Law -- Attitude Ascriptions, Semantic Theory, And Pragmatic Evidence -- How I Say What You Think -- Attitudes In Context -- Defective Contexts, Accommodation, And Normalization -- Propositional Quantification -- Sense, Necessity, And Belief -- Semantic Pretense -- Intensional Transitives And Empty Terms -- Objects Of Relief -- Meaning And Attitude Ascriptions -- Kripke's Puzzle. [by] Mark Richard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [283]-285) And Index.