文档介绍：Words withoutMeaningContemporary Philosophical MonographsPeter Ludlow, Slim Book about Narrow ContentGabriel M. A. Segal(2000)plex DemonstrativesJeffrey C. King (2001) without MeaningChristopher Gauker (2003)Words withoutMeaningChristopher GaukerABradford BookThe MIT PressCambridge, MassachusettsLondon, England? 2003 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any formby any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, record-ing, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writingfrom the book was set in Palatino by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kongand was printed and bound in the United States of of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataGauker, without meaning / Christopher . cm.—(Contemporary philosophical monographs; 3)“A Bradford book.”Includes bibliographical references and 0-262-07242-4 (hc. : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-262-57162-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)1. Semantics. 2. Language and languages—Philosophy. 3. Semantics (Philosophy). 4. Pragmatics. I. Title. II. .G364 2003401￠.43—dc2**********To my father, Reid Stiers GaukerThis Page Intentionally Left BlankPreface ixThe Issue1 The Received View 32 Mental Representation 273 Elements of an Alternative 49Pragmatics4 Domain of Discourse 735 Presupposition 976 Implicature 121ContentsSemantics7 Quanti?cation 1458 Conditionals 1679 Truth 191Beliefs10 municative Conception 21511 Explanation and Prediction 23712 Semantics and Ontology 259Afterword 281References 287Index 295viiiContents