Presupposing acquaintance: a unified semantics for de dicto, de re and de se belief reports

Maier, Emar

doi:10.1007/s10988-010-9065-2

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“…Although I need to abstain from detailed discussion of such sentences in this paper, I would like to mention that recent studies such as Cable (2005), Spathas (2010), Jacobson (2012), Sauerland (2013), and Sudo (2012) demonstrate that these sentences are amenable to alternative accounts that do not postulate minimal pronouns and Feature Transmission (see also Maier 2009). Together with the proposals of the present paper, therefore, these theories might provide us with a different, semantically more transparent way of looking at the semantics of phi-features than the Minimal Pronoun Account.…”

Section: Conclusion and Further Prospectsmentioning

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Dependent plural pronouns with Skolemized choice functions

Sudo

2014

Nat Lang Semantics

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The present paper discusses two interesting phenomena concerning phifeatures on plural pronouns: (i) plural pronouns that denote atomic individuals ('dependent plural pronouns'), and (ii) plural pronouns with more than one binder ('partial binding'). A novel account of these two phenomena is proposed, according to which all occurrences of phi-features are both semantically and morphologically relevant. For such a 'uniformly semantic account' of phi-features, dependent plural pronouns constitute a theoretical challenge, while partial binding is more or less straightforwardly accounted for. In order to make sense of the semantic effects of the phi-features on dependent plural pronouns, the following idea is pursued: the phi-features on a dependent plural pronoun reflect the range of values that the pronoun takes, rather than the particular value it denotes at a time. This idea is implemented in a compositional semantics by making use of (Skolemized) choice functions. An appealing feature of the present account is that, unlike its predecessors, it accounts for dependent plural pronouns without c-commanding antecedents in essentially the same way as for those with c-commanding antecedents. It is also shown how this account of dependent plural pronouns can straightforwardly be augmented with set indices to account for partial binding.

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Section: Conclusion and Further Prospectsmentioning

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Dependent plural pronouns with Skolemized choice functions

Sudo

2014

Nat Lang Semantics

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“…Here, I take as a point of departure the presuppositional analysis of belief reports as defended by Geurts (1998), Romoli andSudo (2009), andMaier (2010). Combining this with the complex mental state descriptions leads us to redraw the de re/de dicto distinction: For ascriptions of attitudes other than belief there arises a parasitic or de credito reading, between the classic de re and de dicto.…”

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“…e.g. Gazdar 1979;van der Sandt 1992;Geurts 1998;Maier 2010;Romoli and Sudo 2009)? I will maintain the standard position that presuppositions tend to project out of attitude ascriptions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Parasitic attitudes

Maier

2015

Linguist and Philos

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Karttunen observes that a presupposition triggered inside an attitude ascription, can be filtered out by a seemingly inaccessible antecedent under the scope of a preceding belief ascription. This poses a major challenge for presupposition theory and the semantics of attitude ascriptions. I solve the problem by enriching the semantics of attitude ascriptions with some independently argued assumptions on the structure and interpretation of mental states. In particular, I propose a DRT-based representation of mental states with a global belief-layer and a variety of labeled attitude compartments embedded within it. Hence, desires and other non-doxastic attitudes are asymmetrically dependent on beliefs. I integrate these mental state representations into a general semantic account of attitude ascriptions which relies on the parasitic nature of nondoxastic attitudes to solve Karttunen's puzzle.

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“…L'interprétation de dicto correspond au cas où Mach ne sait pas nécessairement qui est Boltzmann, tandis que l'interpré-tation de re exige une relation d'accointance (ou directe) entre le sujet (Mach) et l'objet (Boltzmann) de l'attitude 9 . J'emprunte à [Maier 2009] la mention explicite de la relation d'accointance R dans la formalisation : ici elle permet de 7. "Not long ago, after a trying railway journey by night, when I was very tired, I got into an omnibus, just as another man appeared at the other end.…”

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“…Dans sa formalisation, [Maier 2009] utilise une variable ordinaire et introduit un prédicat Center dans la portée de Bm ; la sémantique est analogue à celle proposée ici.…”

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Représentations de soi et modalités

Rebuschi¹

2012

philosophiascientiae

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International audiencePersonal pronouns can refer to some physical representation (like a statue or a photograph) of a person rather than to the person herself. The paper presents an account of such binding without apparent identity. An objection is made to Reuland and Winter’s theory of proxies, based on the distinction between de re and de se attitudes. The strategy proposed here is to introduce a new modality for each new physical representation. This avoids proxies and restores the identity at the base of anaphora resolution. The new modal operators correspond to modal windows through which the subject can grasp objects, existing or not, including herself. The proposed semantics entails a reinterpretation of predicates. It borrows from Wehmeier the idea of cross-world relations, which in itself raises metaphysical questions. The article addresses these issues and finally suggests to extend the theory of modal windows to all intentional relations.Les pronoms personnels peuvent faire référence à la représentation physique (comme une statue ou une photographie) d’une personne plutôt qu’à cette personne elle-même. L’article présente une explication de ce liage sans identité apparente. Une objection est adressée à la théorie des proxies de Reuland et Winter, fondée sur la distinction entre attitudes de re et attitudes de se. La stratégie proposée ici consiste à introduire une nouvelle modalité pour chaque nouveau support d’une représentation physique, ce qui permet d’éviter les proxies et de restaurer l’identité à la base de la résolution des anaphores. Les modalités correspondent à des fenêtres modales au travers desquelles le sujet peut appréhender des objets, existants ou non, y compris lui-même. La sémantique proposée suppose de réinterpréter certains prédicats. Elle emprunte à Wehmeier l’idée de relation inter-mondaine, qui soulève en tant que telle des questions métaphysiques. L’article aborde ces questions, pour proposer finalement d’étendre la théorie des fenêtres modales à l’ensemble des relations intentionnelles

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Presupposing acquaintance: a unified semantics for de dicto, de re and de se belief reports

Cited by 43 publications

References 21 publications

Dependent plural pronouns with Skolemized choice functions

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