Context-Sensitivity in Language
A Logical Analysis
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-63689-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-63689-6 (ISBN)
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At the crossroads between philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics, with numerous applications to philosophy of mind, logic and linguistics, this book revives the method of logical analysis which originally defined analytic philosophy. Its unifying theme, context-sensitivity, will be of interest to a wide range of philosophers.
In this book, Brice Halimi revives the connection between philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics which founded analytic philosophy. Russell's logical analysis in The Principles of Mathematics aimed to identify the 'logical constants' of language with the 'indefinables' of mathematics. However context-sensitivity, which covers all the cases in natural language where the semantic content of an expression depends on the context of its utterance, is thought to hinder that program. In contrast, Halimi argues that context-sensitivity, approached as a radically dynamic process based on context-shift, is amenable to a mathematical counterpart, but that new mathematical concepts are needed. His approach leads to a renewed conception of semantic content, linguistic meaning, and their interaction, while also reconsidering the divide between semantics and pragmatics. The book will interest philosophers of language and philosophers of mathematics, and also has numerous applications to philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and linguistics.
In this book, Brice Halimi revives the connection between philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics which founded analytic philosophy. Russell's logical analysis in The Principles of Mathematics aimed to identify the 'logical constants' of language with the 'indefinables' of mathematics. However context-sensitivity, which covers all the cases in natural language where the semantic content of an expression depends on the context of its utterance, is thought to hinder that program. In contrast, Halimi argues that context-sensitivity, approached as a radically dynamic process based on context-shift, is amenable to a mathematical counterpart, but that new mathematical concepts are needed. His approach leads to a renewed conception of semantic content, linguistic meaning, and their interaction, while also reconsidering the divide between semantics and pragmatics. The book will interest philosophers of language and philosophers of mathematics, and also has numerous applications to philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and linguistics.
Brice Halimi is Professor of Philosophy of Mathematics in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Université Paris Cité, and a member of the SPHERE laboratory. He is the author of Le Nécessaire et l'universel (2013), which was awarded the Cavaillès Prize in 2015.
1. Context-sensitivity and context-shift; 2. Contexts as fibers; 3. Transpositional semantics; Appendices.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-63689-8 / 1009636898 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-63689-6 / 9781009636896 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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