An account is ooered of the sense of referring expressions in in-tensional contexts. Unlike Russell's classic account in terms of the de re/de dicto distinction, this doesn't rely on a quantiier scope ambiguity in the logical form. Instead, diierent senses of a referring expression are captured by the diierent discourse models which emerge in diier-ent contexts of use. This approach has two adv...

There are two principal objectives. The first is to develop and refine amplitude evolution equations of the Korteweg-de Vries type to the point where they can be used as validated models for the propagation of internal solitary waves. The second is to undertake a major re-examination of the generation process, using a combination of theoretical and numerical analyses, and emphasising the distin...

There are two principal objectives. The first is to continue the development of amplitude evolution equations of the Korteweg-de Vries type with a main focus on topographic effects, and on the associated effects of refraction and friction. The second is to undertake a major re-examination of the generation process, using a combination of theoretical and numerical analyses, and emphasising the d...

Dans cet expose j'aimerais prouver qu'il y a des rapports tr~s ~troits entre la s~mantique nominale et la s~mantique verbale. J'essaierai d'appliquer la distinction entre nom comptable (angl. count noun) et nom de mati~re (angl. mass noun) au domaine du verbe. En particulier il sera d~montr~ qu'un verbe (ou syntagme verbal) ~ l'imparfait d~note une entit~ du mSme type que celle d~not~e par un n...

within a language whose only modal operators are the box and the diamond; other modal idioms cannot be expressed within such a language at all. Nonetheless, quantified modal logic has enjoyed considerable success in uncovering and explaining ambiguities in modal sentences and fallacies in modal reasoning. A prime example of this success is the now standard analysis of the distinction between mo...

1. De re thought and token-reflexivity There is an intuitive contrast between descriptive thoughts about an object (e.g. the thought that the strongest man in the world can lift 150 kilos) and 'nondescriptive' or 'de re' thoughts about an object (e.g. the thought that that man is drunk). But it is not easy to make the contrast explicit without going stipulative. The distinction between de re th...

This research offers a new perspective by reframing the positivist-interpretive debate as a distinction between the functional outcomes of research: explanation and understanding. Based on an older and well-established literature in philosophy, this distinction can reinvigorate important differences in research outcomes that have been lost. Understanding or “subjective meaning” is connected to ...

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Numerous informal logicians and argumentation theorists restrict their theorizing to what they call “real” arguments. But is there a clear distinction to be made between “real” and “non-real” arguments? Here I explore four possible accounts of the alleged distinction and argue that none can serve the theoretical uses to which the distinction is most often put. Résumé: Plusieurs logiciens non fo...