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The origins of these essays
Introduction
Presupposition
A projection problem for speaker presupposition
Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence
Linguistics and psychology
Semantics and psychology
Semantics and semantic competence
The necessity argument
Truth, meaning, and understanding
Truth and meaning in perspective
Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics
Naming and asserting
The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean
Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion
Pt. 4. Descriptions
Incomplete definite descriptions
Donnellan's referential/attributive distinction
Why incomplete descriptions don't refute Russell's theory of descriptions
Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation
Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law
Introduction
Presupposition
A projection problem for speaker presupposition
Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence
Linguistics and psychology
Semantics and psychology
Semantics and semantic competence
The necessity argument
Truth, meaning, and understanding
Truth and meaning in perspective
Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics
Naming and asserting
The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean
Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion
Pt. 4. Descriptions
Incomplete definite descriptions
Donnellan's referential/attributive distinction
Why incomplete descriptions don't refute Russell's theory of descriptions
Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation
Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law