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| Context, context dependency: sentences, words and texts depend to a varying extent on the addition of additional information to eliminate ambiguities. In particular, the use of index words such as "here", "now", but also of pronouns like "mine" leads to indeterminacy of the reference. The additional information may possibly be taken from an already existing information set, whereby the sentences to be examined, words or texts, form a subset of this more comprehensive set. Such a more comprehensive amount of information already existing elsewhere is called context. See also dependency, ambiguity, indeterminacy, discovery._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Robert Stalnaker on Context/Context Dependence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 206 Content/Kaplan: sentence meaning: the sentence meaning does not define the content itself. It is the context that defines it. >Context/Kaplan, >Character/Kaplan, >Content, >Sentence meaning, >Twodimensional Semantics. Context/Stalnaker: the context can be represented as a centered world. I 207 Content: content is represented by propositions. Character/content: character and content must be separated, because the sentence meanings ((s) propositions) represent the thoughts that are not expressed ((s) because it may be that you do not know which proposition your own sentence expresses.) >Sentences, >Propositions._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |
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