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Varieties Of Empiricism, David Matheson, Robert Stainton Jan 2002

Varieties Of Empiricism, David Matheson, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

We argue that a sufficiently strong Empiricism calls into question key Quinean doctrines about analyticity and the indeterminacy of translation. This critique of Quine, the arch-Empiricist of the 20th Century, has a paradoxical air about it: under one construal, it looks as though we are using Empiricism to undermine itself. We explain away the air of paradox by highlighting quite distinct facets of traditional Empiricism. Ultimately, we suggest, the combination of an epistemological variety of Empiricism and a doxastic variety of Rationalism might in fact be the most defensible position - depending on how the empirical chips fall.


The Syntactic Encoding Of Topic And Focus, Ileana Paul Jan 2002

The Syntactic Encoding Of Topic And Focus, Ileana Paul

French Studies Publications

No abstract provided.


Communicative Events As Evidence In Linguistics, Robert Stainton Jan 2001

Communicative Events As Evidence In Linguistics, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Objects And Senses And Substitutions, Robert Stainton Jan 2000

Objects And Senses And Substitutions, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Malagasy Clause Structure, Ileana M. Paul Jan 2000

Malagasy Clause Structure, Ileana M. Paul

French Studies Publications

This thesis explores the nature of voice in Malagasy, a language spoken in Madagascar. In chapter 2, it is claimed that different passives promote arguments from different structural positions. Evidence is provided for a particular position, [Spec, v2P], where a certain class of elements (“displaced themes”) may be generated. One particular passive, the aprefix, promotes to subject elements in this position. In chapter 3, arguments are presented in favour of a structural analysis of circumstantial topic (CT). CT morphology licenses all arguments of the verb. Due to a requirement that all clauses have a subject (the Extended Projection Principle), some …


Holisme Et Homophonie, Madeleine Arseneault, Robert Stainton Jan 2000

Holisme Et Homophonie, Madeleine Arseneault, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Robust Belief States And The Right/Wrong Dichotomy, Robert Stainton Jan 1999

Robust Belief States And The Right/Wrong Dichotomy, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Remarks On The Syntax And Semantics Of Mixed Quotation, Robert Stainton Jan 1999

Remarks On The Syntax And Semantics Of Mixed Quotation, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Syntactic Theory And The Structure Of English: A Minimalist Approach, By A. Radford, Robert Stainton Jun 1998

Syntactic Theory And The Structure Of English: A Minimalist Approach, By A. Radford, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Quantifier Phrases, Meaningfulness 'In Isolation', And Ellipsis, Robert Stainton Jan 1998

Quantifier Phrases, Meaningfulness 'In Isolation', And Ellipsis, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Utterance Meaning And Syntactic Ellipsis, Robert Stainton Jan 1997

Utterance Meaning And Syntactic Ellipsis, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Dynamics Of Meaning, By G. Chierchia, Robert Stainton Oct 1995

Dynamics Of Meaning, By G. Chierchia, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


A Note On 'Pedir' And Control In Spanish, Robert Stainton Aug 1995

A Note On 'Pedir' And Control In Spanish, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.


Using Non-Sentences: An Application Of Relevance Theory, Robert Stainton Jan 1994

Using Non-Sentences: An Application Of Relevance Theory, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.