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Original scientific paper

But Without …? Reflections on Pietroski’s Conjoining Meanings

Michael Glanzberg orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0260-0320 ; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA


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Abstract

In this short note, I discuss the viability of truth-conditional semantics in light of Pietroski’s criticisms. I explore an alternative view that follows Pietroski in putting emphasis on the relation of meanings to concepts, but makes some room for truth conditions.

Keywords

Lexical meaning; quantifiers; concepts; minimalist program; language faculty.

Hrčak ID:

253668

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/253668

Publication date:

15.12.2020.

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