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Semantical Essays

Possible Worlds and their Rivals

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. M. J. Cresswell

    1. Department of Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 36)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Possible Worlds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Possible Worlds

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 3-11

    3. Semantic Competence

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 12-33

    4. Semantics and Logic

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 34-46

    5. Physical Theories and Possible Worlds

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 47-61

  3. Situations and Attitudes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-64
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    2. The World Situation (It’s a small world after all)

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 65-77

    3. Quotational Theories of Propositional Attitudes

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 78-103

    4. More about Inscriptionalism

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 104-114

  4. Quantification and Reference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-116
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    2. Identity and Intensional Objects

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 117-133

    3. The Greek-Turkish Imbroglio

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 134-161

    4. Some Recent Theories of Anaphora

      • M. J. Cresswell
      Pages 162-197

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 198-212
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About this book

Over a longer period than I sometimes care to contemplate I have worked on possible-worlds semantics. The earliest work was in modal logic, to which I keep returning, but a sabbatical in 1970 took me to UCLA, there to discover the work of Richard Montague in applying possible-worlds semantics to natural lan­ guage. My own version of this appeared in Cresswell (1973) and was followed up in a number of articles, most of which were collected in Cresswell (1985b). A central problem for possible­ worlds semantics is how to accommodate propositional attitudes. This problem was addressed in Cresswell (1985a), and the three books mentioned so far represent a reasonably complete picture of my positive views on formal semantics. I have regarded the presentation of a positive view as more important than the criticism of alternatives, although the works referred to do contain many passages in which I have tried to defend my own views against those of others. But such criticism is important in that a crucial element in establishing the content of a theory is that we be able to evaluate it in relation to its com­ petitors. It is for that reason that I have collected in this volume a number of articles in which I attempt to defend the positive semantical picture I favour against objections and competing theories.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    M. J. Cresswell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Semantical Essays

  • Book Subtitle: Possible Worlds and their Rivals

  • Authors: M. J. Cresswell

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7778-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-061-6Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8241-1Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7778-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 212

  • Topics: Semantics

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