Philosophy of Language

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Indicative Conditional Statements Explained

An indicative conditional expresses factual implications or predictions about real situations. It…

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Indexical Expressions: Understanding Context-Dependent Language

Indexicals are words like 'I,' 'here,' and 'now' whose meaning changes depending…

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Gap – Truth-Value Gap

A truth-value gap occurs when a statement lacks a definite truth value…

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Game-Theoretic Semantics

Game-theoretic semantics interprets linguistic meaning via games between verifier and falsifier. It…

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Factivity in Linguistics and Philosophy

Factivity is a linguistic property where verbs or expressions presuppose the truth…

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Definite Descriptions: Identifying Uniqueness in Language

A definite description is a linguistic phrase that uniquely identifies a specific…

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