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The Game of Language: Studies in Game-Theoretical Semantics and Its Applications

The Game of Language: Studies in Game-Theoretical Semantics and Its Applications

Kulas, J.
Hintikka, Jaakko

Paperback

Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, Book 22

PhilosophyLinguistics

ISBN10: 9027719500
ISBN13: 9789027719508
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 30 1985
Pages: 356
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Since the first chapter of this book presents an intro- duction to the present state of game-theoretical semantics (GTS), there is no point in giving a briefer survey here. Instead, it may be helpful to indicate what this volume attempts to do. The first chapter gives a short intro- duction to GTS and a survey of what is has accomplished. Chapter 2 puts the enterprise of GTS into new philo- sophical perspective by relating its basic ideas to Kant's phi losophy of mathematics, space, and time. Chapters 3-6 are samples of GTS's accomplishments in understanding different kinds of semantical phenomena, mostly in natural languages. Beyond presenting results, some of these chapters also have other aims. Chapter 3 relates GTS to an interesting line of logical and foundational studies - the so-called functional interpretations - while chapter 4 leads to certain important methodological theses. Chapter 7 marks an application of GTS in a more philo- sophical direction by criticizing the Frege-Russell thesis that words like is are multiply ambiguous. This leads in turn to a criticism of recent logical languages (logical notation), which since Frege have been based on the ambi- guity thesis, and also to certain methodological sug- gestions. In chapter 8, GTS is shown to have important implications for our understanding of Aristotle's doctrine of categories, while chapter 9 continues my earlier criticism of Chomsky's generative approach to linguistic theorizing.

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