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2. 6. The Normativity of Thought and Meaning

   Author : Karl Karlander; Peter Pagin; Anandi Hattiangadi; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; meaning; normativity; Kripke; Wittgenstein; Boghossian; doxastic voluntarism; Toxin paradox; rationality; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : In recent years the normativity of thought and meaning has been the subject of an extensive debate. What is at issue is whether intentionality has normative features, and if so, whether that constitutes a problem for naturalistic attempts to account for intentional phenomena. READ MORE

4. 7. Content and Composition : An essay on tense, content, and semantic value

   Author : Sara Packalén; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Jeffrey King; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semantic value; assertoric content; compositionality; tense; Kaplan; Lewis; communication; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : A remarkable thing about natural language is that we can use it to share our beliefs and thoughts about the world with other speakers of our language. In cases of successful communication, beliefs seem to be transferred from speakers to hearers by means of the hearer recovering the contents of the speaker’s utterances. READ MORE

5. 8. Taking Control : The role of manipulation in theories of causation

   Author : Henning Strandin; Peter Pagin; Richard Dawid; Michael Baumgartner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; philosophy of science; causation; causal models; manipulationism; interventionism; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : Causation has always been a philosophically controversial subject matter. While David Hume’s empiricist account of causation has been the dominant influence in analytic philosophy and science during modern times, a minority view has instead connected causation essentially to agency and manipulation. READ MORE

6. 9. Extensions in Flux : An Essay on Vagueness and Context Sensitivity

   Author : Jonas Åkerman; Peter Pagin; Diana Raffman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vagueness; context sensitivity; contextualism; weak tolerance; sorites paradox; forced march; equivocation; indexicals; Fara; Raffman; Shapiro; Soames; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : The extensions of vague predicates like ‘is bald’, ‘is tall’, and ‘is a heap’ apparently lack sharp boundaries, and this makes such predicates susceptible to soritical reasoning, i.e. reasoning that leads to some version of the notorious sorites paradox. READ MORE

7. 10. On Compositionality

   Author : Martin Jönsson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Natural Language Semantics; Linguistic Creativity; Compositionality; Productivity; Systematicity; Jerry Fodor; Semantic Theories; Meaning; Paul Horwich; Semantic Principles; Peter Pagin;

   Abstract : The goal of inquiry in this essay is to ascertain to what extent the Principle of Compositionality – the thesis that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meaning of its parts and its mode of composition – can be justifiably imposed as a constraint on semantic theories, and thereby provide information about what meanings are. Apart from the introduction (Chapter One) and the concluding chapter (Chapter Seven) the thesis is divided into five chapters addressing different questions pertaining to the overarching goal of inquiry. READ MORE