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Reference and Computation: An Essay in Applied Philosophy of Language
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Reference and Computation: An Essay in Applied Philosophy of Language Paperback - 1990

by Amichai Kronfeld; Foreword by John Searle

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This book deals with a major problem in the study of language: the problem of reference. The ease with which we refer to things in conversation is deceptive. Upon closer scrutiny, it turns out that we hardly ever tell each other explicitly what object we mean, although we expect our interlocutor to discern it. Amichai Kronfeld provides an answer to two questions associated with this: how do we successfully refer, and how can a computer be programmed to achieve this? Beginning with the major theories of reference, Dr Kronfeld provides a consistent philosophical view which is a synthesis of Frege's and Russell's semantic insights with Grice's and Searle's pragmatic theories. This leads to a set of guiding principles, which are then applied to a computational model of referring. The discussion is made accessible to readers from a number of backgrounds: in particular, students and researchers in the areas of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence and the philosophy of language will want to read this book.

Details

  • Title Reference and Computation: An Essay in Applied Philosophy of Language
  • Author Amichai Kronfeld; Foreword by John Searle
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date 1990-08-31
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780521399821 / 0521399823
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.97 x 6.01 x 0.45 in (22.78 x 15.27 x 1.14 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Computational linguistics, Language and languages - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 89078246
  • Dewey Decimal Code 401.43

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