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SUMMARY:Referential intentions and minimal semantics - Prof Emma Borg (Dep
 artment of Philosophy\, University of Reading)
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CONTACT:Christopher Lucas
DESCRIPTION:This paper examines the role of speaker intentions in issues o
 f reference determination for context-sensitive expressions\, focusing on 
 demonstratives. Intuitively\, the referent of a token utterance of 'that' 
 is determined (at least in part) by the speaker's intentions. However\, if
  this is right it seems to cause a problem for so-called formal theories o
 f meaning. I begin by setting out the precise nature of this problem and p
 roceed to explore three putative solutions. First\, the assumption that sp
 eaker intentions determine reference in these cases may be rejected\; seco
 nd\, it may be held that current speaker intentions are relevant but that 
 they can be accommodated within a formal semantic theory\; third\, referen
 ce determination and semantic content may be held strictly apart. I\nargue
  that the first two of these moves\, respectively termed 'conventionalism'
  and 'non-inferentialism'\, are flawed but that the third move provides an
  appealing way for the formal semanticist to accommodate the content of co
 ntext-sensitive terms.\n
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