This chapter starts with presenting the abstract-propositions view and the relational view of attitude. It will discuss the various problems for abstract propositions in relation to the relational view as well as empirical problems for the Relational Analysis of attitude reports (such as the Substitution Problem and the Objectivization Effect). Furthermore, the chapter will discuss recent and historical alternatives to abstract propositions, which identify propositions with types of cognitive acts, yet adhere to the relational view of attitudes. This will lead to the main part of the chapter, the notions of an attitudinal and a modal object. The chapter will give general, philosophical and linguistic motivations for them and a first outline of the semantics of sentences as characterizing modal and attitudinal objects, focusing on simple attitude reports and modal sentences. It will also give a brief presentation of the semantic of special quantifiers and pronouns when they take the position of clausal complements. Previous relevant publications For the critique of abstract propositions, the relational view and Relational Analysis: Moltmann, F. (2003b): 'Propositional Attitudes without Propositions'. 135, 70- Synthese 118. Moltmann, F. (2013): Oxford UP, Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language. Oxford, Chap. 4. For the notion of an attitudinal object and a cognitive product: Moltmann, F. (2014): Attitudinal Objects, and the Distinction between ‘Propositions, Actions and Products’. 43 (5-6), 679-701. Canadian Journal of Philosophy Moltmann, F. (2017a): Products and the Semantics and Attitude Verbs and ‘Cognitive Deontic Modals’. In F. Moltmann / M. Textor (eds.): Act-Based Conceptions of Oxford University New York, 2017 Propositional Content, Forthcoming related publication Invited contribution, In C. Tillman (ed.): Routldege, Routledge Handbook on Propositions, New York. Chapter 2: Object-based truthmaker semantics This chapter develops object-based truthmaker semantics, based on Fine’s sentence-based truth maker semantics. It will first give a presentation of Fine’s truth maker semantics and then develop the object-based version of it, with its various motivations and semantic applications. It will furthermore elaborate the new semantics of modals in terms of the
This chapter starts with presenting the abstract-propositions view and the relational view of attitude. It will discuss the various problems for abstract propositions in relation to the relational view as well as empirical problems for the Relational Analysis of attitude reports (such as the Substitution Problem and the Objectivization Effect). Furthermore, the chapter will discuss recent and historical alternatives to abstract propositions, which identify propositions with types of cognitive acts, yet adhere to the relational view of attitudes. This will lead to the main part of the chapter, the notions of an attitudinal and a modal object. The chapter will give general, philosophical and linguistic motivations for them and a first outline of the semantics of sentences as characterizing modal and attitudinal objects, focusing on simple attitude reports and modal sentences. It will also give a brief presentation of the semantic of special quantifiers and pronouns when they take the position of clausal complements. Previous relevant publications For the critique of abstract propositions, the relational view and Relational Analysis: Moltmann, F. (2003b): 'Propositional Attitudes without Propositions'. Synthese 135, 70- 118. Moltmann, F. (2013): Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language. Oxford UP, Oxford, Chap. 4. For the notion of an attitudinal object and a cognitive product: Moltmann, F. (2014): ‘Propositions, Attitudinal Objects, and the Distinction between Actions and Products’. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 43 (5-6), 679-701. Moltmann, F. (2017a): ‘Cognitive Products and the Semantics and Attitude Verbs and Deontic Modals’. In F. Moltmann / M. Textor (eds.): Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content, Oxford University New York, 2017 Forthcoming related publication Invited contribution, In C. Tillman (ed.): Routledge Handbook on Propositions, Routldege, New York. Chapter 2: Object-based truthmaker semantics This chapter develops object-based truthmaker semantics, based on Fine’s sentence-based truth maker semantics. It will first give a presentation of Fine’s truth maker semantics and then develop the object-based version of it, with its various motivations and semantic applications. It will furthermore elaborate the new semantics of modals in terms of the
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