Papers by James Higginbotham
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Truth and Interpretation: Perspectives on the …, Jan 1, 1996
Ms., University of Oxford, Jan 1, 1997
proceedings of the British Academy, Jan 1, 1998
Journal of Philosophy, Jan 1, 1983
Philosophical perspectives, Jan 1, 2003
The Philosophy of Donald Davidson, Jan 1, 1999
Meaning, Jan 1, 2003
11 Truth and Understanding1 James Higginbotham 1 Introduction The chief problem about semantics c... more 11 Truth and Understanding1 James Higginbotham 1 Introduction The chief problem about semantics comes at the beginning. What is the theory of meaning a theory of? What are the facts that it is supposed to account for? As the variety of recent and contemporary work in linguistic ...
Philosophical Studies, Jan 1, 1992
Atomism and binding, Jan 1, 1997
Linguistics and Philosophy, Jan 1, 1991
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, …, Jan 1, 1994
Direct and Indirect Methods. We can distinguish, broadly speaking, between two approaches to the ... more Direct and Indirect Methods. We can distinguish, broadly speaking, between two approaches to the question what it is to have the thoughts we have. The first of these, which may be called the direct method, calls for us to comprehend our thoughts as they are made up of their ...
Philosophical Issues, Jan 1, 1998
I have argued elsewhere (Higginbotham (1997)) that semantic the-ory should recognize a threefold ... more I have argued elsewhere (Higginbotham (1997)) that semantic the-ory should recognize a threefold distinction, between (i) merely pos-sessing a word, or having it in one's repertoire, and so being able to use it with its meaning; (ii) knowing the meaning of the word; and (iii) having an ...
The Representation of (In) definiteness, Jan 1, 1987
How Many Questions, Jan 1, 1983
Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistics Society, Jan 1, 1989
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Jan 1, 1987
... His motivation, in part, is that the existence of such an ambiguity, combined with his accoun... more ... His motivation, in part, is that the existence of such an ambiguity, combined with his account of truth for ordinary statements attributing propositional attitudes, would lead to a multiplication of predicates beyond reasonableness, and perhaps beyond ... IS SEMANTICS NECESSARY ...
Tense, Aspect, and Indexicality, Jan 1, 2009
This chapter examines the English Progressive, concentrating upon the issues surrounding what Dav... more This chapter examines the English Progressive, concentrating upon the issues surrounding what David Dowty (1977) dubbed the `imperfective paradox'. The discussion concerns a single part of the general problem of tense and aspect, both within languages and ...
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