La forma lògica de les oracions d'acció i la tesi d'Anscombe

This paper has three sections. In the first one, I expose and discuss Davidson's semantic account of adverbial sentences: the basic idea is that these sentences involve quantification over events, and I defend that view from opposing perspectives like the theory of adverbs as predicate modifier...

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Autor: Pineda, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:catalán
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:46699
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/46699
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/enrahonar.677
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:This paper has three sections. In the first one, I expose and discuss Davidson's semantic account of adverbial sentences: the basic idea is that these sentences involve quantification over events, and I defend that view from opposing perspectives like the theory of adverbs as predicate modifiers. In the second section I defend the claim that in english constructions following the scheme: "X did V by T-ings", we are referring to the same action of X; what is sometimes called "The Anscombe Thesis". Again I discuss competing theories only to conclude that the Anscombe Thesis is true. In the third section, however, it is shown that to assume as premisses these two theses -Davidson's account and the Anscombe Thesis- leads to a serious conflict. Alternative solutions are worked out and rejected. It is also argued that the only tenable solution depends on certain metaphysical assumptions. Finally, however, I will cast doubt on this solution.