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Browsing Linguistics and Philosophy - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)In this thesis, I propose a new theory of implicature. I argue that the two main theories available so far - the (Neo-)Gricean pragmatic theory on the one hand (e.g., Sauerland (2004)), and the hybrid grammatical theory ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)I begin with a discussion of two ways of imagining something: 'from the inside' and 'from the outside'. My interest in this topic is two-fold: First, I want to see what studying this topic can teach us about the nature of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The aim of this thesis, and the research project within which it is embedded, is to delineate a neural model of grammatical competence. For this purpose, we develop here a novel integrated, multi-disciplinary experimental ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Being rational and being moral can be difficult. However, some theories of rationality and morality make living up to these ideals too difficult by imposing requirements which are excessively rigid. In this dissertation, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)My dissertation asks how we affect conversational context and how it affects us when we participate in any conversation -- including philosophical conversations. Chapter 1 argues that speakers make pragmatic presuppositions ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Two puzzles in the syntax of the English imperative are treated here as consequences of interface conditions. The first concerns the inability of certain predicates to take an overt subject in the imperative. The second ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In this thesis, I try to answer some basic questions about the a priori. Namely, what is it supposed to be? Should we believe in its existence? And is it important? Chapter One, "The Problem of Forgotten Evidence," sets ...
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