Nancy Dahl
Biographic Data
| ID | 117824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy Dahl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy |
| FAMILY NAME | Dahl |
| SIGNATURE | DAHL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9157-594X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From belief change to modality
This paper sets out to extend the epistemic semantics presented in Dahl (2023) to modal and conditional logics. To do so, I extend the notion of belief expansion systems, inspired by the AGM-model of belief change, to include belief revision , and use the resulting structures as models for both conditional and modal logic. In the first case, this applies the well-known approach to conditionals initiated by Gärdenfors (1978), but in a weaker setti…
The Nietzschean Sellars
We discuss the striking similarities between Friedrich Nietzsche's and Wilfrid Sellars's respective philosophies of mind. Drawing especially on recent Nietzsche scholarship by Riccardi and Katsafanas, we argue that the Nietzschean picture of consciousness is essentially the same as Sellars's view of conceptually structured thought. In particular, we argue that both consider structured thinking to be a linguistic phenomenon whose structure, in tur…
Meaningless Communication
In this paper I explore how we can conceive of communication without recourse to the notion of meaning. The first step is to decouple linguistic understanding from its usual characterization as knowledge of meaning. Instead, I argue that we should think about understanding as a kind of skill or knowledge-how with both a practical and cognitive component. Further, we need to account for the different roles which an expression can play. Essentially…
Knowing who and knowing how
In this paper I’m concerned with the functional role of singular terms and how it can be used to construct a pragmatist theory of what it takes to understand reference. I argue that there are, at least, two distinct functions which singular terms fulfil, what I will call the talking-about and picking-out functions respectively. Both are, in one sense, ways that a term aids our understanding by specifying who or what a sentence is about, but they …
A fixed-point problem for theories of meaning
In this paper I argue that it’s impossible for there to be a single universal theory of meaning for a language. First, I will consider some minimal expressiveness requirements a language must meet to be able to express semantic claims. Then I will argue that in order to have a single unified theory of meaning, these expressiveness requirements must be satisfied by a language which the semantic theory itself applies to. That is, we would need a la…
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Volume IV
International Developments in Family Theory
Vera Cerny, Nancy Dahl, Takeji Kamiko, Joan Aldous, International Developments in Family Theory: A Continuance of the Initial "Pilgrim's Progress", Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 169-184
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International Developments in Family Theory
Vera Cerny, Nancy Dahl, Takeji Kamiko, Joan Aldous, International Developments in Family Theory: A Continuance of the Initial "Pilgrim's Progress", Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 169-184
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Volume IV
A fixed-point problem for theories of meaning
In this paper I argue that it’s impossible for there to be a single universal theory of meaning for a language. First, I will consider some minimal expressiveness requirements a language must meet to be able to express semantic claims. Then I will argue that in order to have a single unified theory of meaning, these expressiveness requirements must be satisfied by a language which the semantic theory itself applies to. That is, we would need a la…
The Nietzschean Sellars
We discuss the striking similarities between Friedrich Nietzsche's and Wilfrid Sellars's respective philosophies of mind. Drawing especially on recent Nietzsche scholarship by Riccardi and Katsafanas, we argue that the Nietzschean picture of consciousness is essentially the same as Sellars's view of conceptually structured thought. In particular, we argue that both consider structured thinking to be a linguistic phenomenon whose structure, in tur…
Meaningless Communication
In this paper I explore how we can conceive of communication without recourse to the notion of meaning. The first step is to decouple linguistic understanding from its usual characterization as knowledge of meaning. Instead, I argue that we should think about understanding as a kind of skill or knowledge-how with both a practical and cognitive component. Further, we need to account for the different roles which an expression can play. Essentially…
Knowing who and knowing how
In this paper I’m concerned with the functional role of singular terms and how it can be used to construct a pragmatist theory of what it takes to understand reference. I argue that there are, at least, two distinct functions which singular terms fulfil, what I will call the talking-about and picking-out functions respectively. Both are, in one sense, ways that a term aids our understanding by specifying who or what a sentence is about, but they …
From belief change to modality
This paper sets out to extend the epistemic semantics presented in Dahl (2023) to modal and conditional logics. To do so, I extend the notion of belief expansion systems, inspired by the AGM-model of belief change, to include belief revision , and use the resulting structures as models for both conditional and modal logic. In the first case, this applies the well-known approach to conditionals initiated by Gärdenfors (1978), but in a weaker setti…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Philosophy of language (2 works)