Dynamic Conceptual Semantics

by Bartsch, Renate

• ISBN13: 9781575861241
• ISBN10: 1575861240
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Summary

This book presents a theory of concept formation that treats experimental concepts semantically as stabilising structuring of growing sets of data.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(16)
Preliminaries	17	(266)
The Frame for Regular Use of an Expression	17	(4)
Satisfaction Situations and Language Learning	21	(5)
The Definition of Notions of Semantic Correctness	26	(1)
The Second Level of Concept Formation	27	(6)
Concept Formation: its Basis and Structure	33	(58)
The First Level of Concept Formation: Quasi-concepts and Concepts	34	(43)
The Second Level of Concept Formation: Explicated Concepts, i.e., Theoretical and Formal Concepts	77	(14)
Concept Formation: the Construction of New Concepts	91	(48)
Concept Composition and the Generation of New Concepts	95	(11)
Generating Polysemy on the Experiential Level: Creative Metaphors and Metonymies	106	(11)
Lexical Understanding in Concept Composition	117	(13)
A General Outline of Understanding	130	(9)
Knowledge and Understanding	139	(34)
Syntactic Understanding in Concept Composition	139	(10)
Understanding Logical Categories: Quantifiers and Negation	149	(6)
The Identity of Concepts across Possibilities	155	(4)
The Identity of Concepts across Counterfactual Possibilities	159	(2)
The Identity of the Conceptual System across Changing Knowledge	161	(2)
Epistemic Attitudes: Holding True, Finding Acceptable, Understanding	163	(2)
Interaction between Language Use, Knowledge, and Concept Formation	165	(8)
Correction in Concept Formation	173	(22)
Correction Caused by Reality and Intersubjectivity	174	(10)
Kinds of Correction	184	(3)
Correction, Reorganization, and Conceptual Change	187	(8)
Conceptual Semantics and Propositional Attitudes	195	(48)
Structured Propositions as Contents of Attitudes	200	(5)
Identity of Beliefs in Formal and in Conceptual Semantics	205	(6)
Intentional Contents in Dynamic Conceptual Semantics	211	(5)
Intentionality, Partiality and Constructivist Approaches	216	(9)
Propositional Attitudes and Partial Conceptual Systems	225	(13)
Conclusion	238	(5)
Concept Formation and Connectionist Models	243	(36)
An Outline of Connectionist Concept Formation	246	(5)
Different Types of Conceptual Maps	251	(5)
Similarity Spaces, Similarity Measures, and Perspectives	256	(8)
Generalization over Context Dependent Uses	264	(4)
Objectivization and Objectivity	268	(2)
Quantitative Aspects of Concept Formation	270	(5)
Conclusion	275	(4)
Summary and Conclusion	279	(4)
Bibliography	283	(6)
Subject Index	289