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Attitude-semantics: the attitude-semantics deals with sentences attributing propositional attitudes, e.g. Elmar believes the president has lied. See also de re, de dicto, opacity, intensions, quantification, propositions, propositional attitudes, tautologies, acquaintance, truth conditions.
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M.J. Cresswell on Attitude-Semantics - Dictionary of Arguments

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Attitude Semantics/VsPossible World Semantics/Semantics of Possible Worlds/BarwiseVsCresswell: there are often two propositions, one of which is believed by the person, yet the other one is not, but still both are true in the same possible world.
>Pierre eyample
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Cresswell: E.g. all logical and mathematical truths.
But they are not all known, otherwise there could be no progress.
>Logical omniscience.
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CresswellVsSituation Semantics: the situations are to play roles that cannot be played simultaneously.
Solution: possible world semantics: the roles are played by entities of various kinds.
>Semantics of possible worlds.
Solution: context with space-time indication - incorrect sentences: describe non-actual situations.
>Situations, >Situation Semantics.
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Sentences describe situations in a context. - The context is itself a situation that provides the listener with time, place, etc.
>Context.
Interpretation/Barwise: meaning of sentences in context.
>Intepretation,
>Barwise/Perry.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Cr I
M. J. Cresswell
Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988

Cr II
M. J. Cresswell
Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984


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