Simple Generics

The ubiquity and the intractability of generic sentences to theoriziation have made them a popular topic in semantics. The clear consensus among semanticists is that generics have the same kind of logical form as tripartite quantificational sentences. Liebesman provides argument to defend the theory...

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Published inNoûs (Bloomington, Indiana) Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 409 - 442
Main Author Liebesman, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.09.2011
Wiley-Blackwell
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Dinosaurs
Generalization
Intuition
Logical form
Natural language
Other things equal assumption
Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Predicates
Pronunciation
Semantics
Subject terms
Theory
Typhoons
Generalization
Predication
Logical Semantics
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Summary:The ubiquity and the intractability of generic sentences to theoriziation have made them a popular topic in semantics. The clear consensus among semanticists is that generics have the same kind of logical form as tripartite quantificational sentences. Liebesman provides argument to defend the theory of simple generics.
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ISSN:0029-4624
1468-0068
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00774.x