The meaning of generics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Katharine Sterken (0000-0002-3597-998X, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | e12431 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12431 |
| OpenAlex | W2744134639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article discusses recent theories of the meaning of generics. The discussion is centred on how the theories differ in their approach to addressing the primary difficulty in providing a theory of generic meaning: The notoriously complex ways in which the truth conditions of generics seem to vary. In addition, the article summarizes considerations for and against each theory
Epistemology · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Medical and Biological Sciences · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Moral Principles as Generics
The polarity effect of evaluative language
Essentializing inferences
“Philosophers care about the truth”
Generic cognition
Reconceptualising the Psychological Theory of Generics
Constitutivism and cognitivism
Falsifying generic stereotypes
What’s positive and negative about generics
Genericity generalized
Stereotyping and generics
Clinical reasoning and generics
Generic inferential rules for slurs and contrasting senses
How should AI talk about us? LLMs and social generics
Genetics and generics
Biological functions, generics, and explanation
Genericity and Inductive Inference
Generics and the metaphysics of kinds
The Essential Child
The Notional Category of Modality
Generics
Normal objects, normal worlds and the meaning of generic sentences
How are alternatives computed?
Exceptions to Generics
No Alternative to Alternatives
Generics and the Structure of the Mind
Generics
Children's interpretation of generic noun phrases
The manifold interpretations of generic sentences
The origins of genericity
Pragmatic Halos
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |