The polysemy of ‘part’

Wallace, Meg

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“…On the basis of detected ambiguity of an expression, philosophers have further argued that what the expression refers to is disunified (e.g. King 2002;Rumfitt 2003;Serban 2017;Shaheen 2017;Wallace 2021;Liu 2021Liu , 2023a; alternatively, on the basis of a lack of ambiguity, they have argued that the underlying phenomenon is not disunified (e.g. Stanley and Williamson 2001).…”

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“…Examples of this abound in the philosophical literature (e.g. King (2002) on some propositional attitude verbs; Rumfitt (2003) on 'know how'; Serban (2017) on 'explain'; Shaheen (2017) on 'because'; Wallace (2021) on 'part'; Liu (2021Liu ( , 2023a on pain predicates such as 'ache ', 'sore' and 'hurt'). Relatedly, theorists have appealed to a lack of zeugmatic oddness to argue that a particular expression is not ambiguous (see Stanley and Williamson (2001) on 'know how'; Corkum (2022) on 'cause').…”

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How to Think about Zeugmatic Oddness

Liu

2023

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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Zeugmatic oddness is a linguistic intuition of oddness with respect to an instance of zeugma, i.e. a sentence containing an instance of a homonymous or polysemous word being used in different meanings or senses simultaneously. Zeugmatic oddness is important for philosophical debates as philosophers often use it to argue that a particular philosophically interesting expression is ambiguous and that the phenomenon referred to by the expression is disunified. This paper takes a closer look at zeugmatic oddness. Focusing on relevant psycholinguistic literature on homonymy and polysemy processing and representation, I argue that there are two different ways in which zeugmatic oddness can arise. Philosophical upshots concerning zeugmatic oddness are then drawn.

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How to Think about Zeugmatic Oddness

Liu

2023

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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Parts and Wholes

Wallace

2023

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The Odd Universe Argument aims to show that from four intuitive assumptions about parts and wholes, we can conclude a priori that there is an odd number of things in the universe. This Element investigates how this is so and where things might have gone awry. Section 1 gives an overview of general methodology, basic mereology, and plural logic. Section 2 explores questions about the nature of composition and decomposition. Does composition always occur? Never? Sometimes? Is the universe, at rock bottom, just many partless bits (simples)? Or do the parts have parts all the way down (gunk)? Section 3 looks at arguments for and against the thesis that composition is identity, with a healthy bias in its favor. In the wake of this discussion, we reconsider our methods of counting. We conclude with a return to the odd universe argument and suggestions on how best to resist it.

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Ambiguity Tests, Polysemy, and Copredication

Liebesman,

Magidor

2024

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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The widespread conviction that we are living in a post-truth era rests on two claims: that a large number of people believe things that are clearly false, and that their believing these things reflects a lack of respect for truth. In reality, however, fewer people believe clearly false things than surveys or social media suggest. In particular, relatively few people believe things that are widely held to be bizarre. Moreover, accepting false beliefs does not reflect a lack of respect for truth. Almost everyone's beliefs are explained by rationally warranted trust in some sources rather than others. This allows us to explain why people have false beliefs.

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The polysemy of ‘part’

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How to Think about Zeugmatic Oddness

How to Think about Zeugmatic Oddness

Parts and Wholes

Ambiguity Tests, Polysemy, and Copredication

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