Essays about: "aktualitetsberoende"

Found 1 essay containing the word aktualitetsberoende.

  1. 1. Actuality-dependence, Natural Kind Terms and Reference Failures

    University essay from Avdelningen för kulturvetenskaper, KVA; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Karl Nygren; [2014]
    Keywords : language; natural kinds; reference; semantics; metasemantics; actuality-dependence; semantic intentions; haukioja; kripke; putnam; språk; naturliga sorter; referens; semantik; metasemantik; aktualitetsberoende; semantiska intentioner; haukioja; kripke; putnam;

    Abstract : This essay investigates Haukioja's (2010) notion of actuality-dependence. This notion is an attempt to explain the rigid behaviour of some kind terms; in particular natural kind terms like “water” and “tiger”. A definition of rigidity for kind terms has to take in account speakers' semantic intentions. READ MORE