The Situation in Logic (Volume 17)

by Jon Barwise

Situation Theory and situation semantics are recent approaches to language and information, approaches first formulated by Jon Barwise and John Perry in Situations and Attitudes (1983). The present volume collects some of Barwise's papers written since then, those directly concerned with relations among logic, situation theory, and situation semantics. Several papers appear here for the first time.

Genres: Logic

322 pages, Hardcover

First published March 22, 1988

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the papers here are great, much better than S&A. The connections between situation semantics and things like cognitive offloading in embodied cognition are apparent. Also addresses the connection between underarticulation and ineffability. Unarticulated non constituents are determinant in the content being what it is, they are sensitive to shifts in the index, but they are not part of the content (even the purely externally determined content). Barwises example: “This needs salt”: request or statement of fact? Anyway, lots to chew on, very well written too

[G]

Because it is a "scheme of individuation" the focus situation which Barwise identified must be a "Gestalt"--

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