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La forma lògica de les oracions d’acció i la tesi d’Anscombe

This paper has three sections. In the first one, 1 expose and discuss Davidson’s semantic account of adverbial sentences: the basic idea is that these sentences involve quantification over events, and 1 defend that view frorwopposing perspectives like the theory of adverbs as predicate modifiers. In the second section 1 defend the claim that in english constructions following the scheme: "X did V by T-ing", we are referring to the same action of X; what is sometimes called "The Anscombe Thesis". Again 1 discuss competing theories only to conclude that the Anscombe Thesis is true. In the third section, however, it is shown that to assume as prernisses these two theses -Davidson’s account and the Anscombe Thesisleads to a serious conflict. Alternative solutions are worked out and rejected. It is also argued that the only tenable solution depends on certain metaphysical assumptions. Finally, however, 1 will cast doubt on this solution

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Author: Pineda Oliva, David
Date: 2018 June 5
Abstract: This paper has three sections. In the first one, 1 expose and discuss Davidson’s semantic account of adverbial sentences: the basic idea is that these sentences involve quantification over events, and 1 defend that view frorwopposing perspectives like the theory of adverbs as predicate modifiers. In the second section 1 defend the claim that in english constructions following the scheme: "X did V by T-ing", we are referring to the same action of X; what is sometimes called "The Anscombe Thesis". Again 1 discuss competing theories only to conclude that the Anscombe Thesis is true. In the third section, however, it is shown that to assume as prernisses these two theses -Davidson’s account and the Anscombe Thesisleads to a serious conflict. Alternative solutions are worked out and rejected. It is also argued that the only tenable solution depends on certain metaphysical assumptions. Finally, however, 1 will cast doubt on this solution
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/319660
Language: cat
Publisher: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Spain
Rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/
Subject: Llenguatge i llengües -- Filosofia
Language and languages -- Philosophy
Llenguatge i lògica
Language and logic
Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003
Anscombe, G. E. M.
Title: La forma lògica de les oracions d’acció i la tesi d’Anscombe
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Repository: Recercat

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