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Subject Matter

A Modest Proposal

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ID4351206
AutoresMatteo Plebani (0000-0002-4853-7865, University of Turin, autor correspondente), Giuseppe Spolaore (0000-0001-9420-2364, University of Padua, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume71
Fascículo3
Páginas605-622
Data de publicação2021-06-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pq/pqaa054
OpenAlexW3048104041
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas19

The notion of subject matter is a key concern of contemporary philosophy of language and logic. A central task for a theory of subject matter is to characterise the notion of sentential subject matter, that is, to assign to each sentence of a given language a subject matter that may count as its subject matter. In this paper, we elaborate upon David Lewis' account of subject matter. Lewis' proposal is simple and elegant but lacks a satisfactory characterisation of sentential subject matter. Drawing on linguistic literature on focus and on the question under discussion, we offer a neo-Lewisian account of subject matter, which retains all the virtues of Lewis' but also includes an attractive characterisation of sentential subject matter

Epistemology · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Physics · Sentence · Subject (documents · Subject matter · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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Obras citantes distintas22
Citações por ano4,4
Intervalo de citações2021 - 2026 (6)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
Altamente citadoNão
Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 22
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