Phenomenological Reviews

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176971

Elementary analysis

Arne Naess

pp. 209-299

Abstract

As a first kind of elementary analysis, we shall consider attempts to describe hypotheses assumed to be expressed by synonymity sentences. As analysts we read synonymity sentences and, in most cases, make the tentative assumption that they were produced with assertive intent. We are sometimes interested in finding out something about what they assert, that is, what the sender intended when sending a definite instance of a synonymity sentence, what a certain synonymity sentence mostly has been intended to express, how certain receivers have interpreted the sentence and so on. To avoid looking for exact meanings where there are none, we may feel compelled to undertake an investigation of definiteness of intention.

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Naess Arne (2005) The selected works of Arne Naess, ed. Drengson Alan. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 209-299

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4519-6_5

Full citation:

Naess Arne (2005) „Elementary analysis“, In: A. Naess, The selected works of Arne Naess, Dordrecht, Springer, 209–299.