{"product_id":"subjectivity-and-perspective-in-truth-theoretic-semantics-9780199573677","title":"Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Lasersohn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - Semantics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by sentences expressing personal taste, such as \u003cem\u003eRoller coasters are fun\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eLicorice is tasty\u003c\/em\u003e. Standard semantic theories explain the meanings of sentences by specifying the conditions under which they are true; here, Peter Lasersohn asks how we can account for sentences that are concerned with matters of opinion rather than matters of fact. He argues that a truth-theoretic semantic theory is appropriate even for sentences like these, but that for such sentences, truth and falsity must be assigned relative to perspectives, rather than absolutely. The book provides a detailed and explicit formal grammar, working out the implications of this conception of truth both for simple sentences and for reports of mental attitude. The semantic analysis is paired with a pragmatic theory explaining what it means to assert a sentence which is true or false only relativistically, and with a speculative account of the functional\u003cbr\u003emotivation for a relativized notion of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46475657445527,"sku":"9780199573677","price":15748.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199573677.jpg?v=1766275586","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/subjectivity-and-perspective-in-truth-theoretic-semantics-9780199573677","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}