Overview

Situation Theory grew out of attempts by Jon Barwise in the late 1970s to provide a semantics for 'naked-infinitive' perceptual reports such as 'Claire saw Jon run'. Barwise's intuition was that Claire didn't just see Jon, an individual, but Jon doing something, a situation. Situations are individuals having properties and standing in relations. A theory of situations would allow us to study and compare various types of situations or situation-like entitles, such as facts, events, and scenes. One of the central themes of situation theory of meaning and reference should be set within a general theory of information, one moreover that is rich enough to do justice to perception, communication, and thought. By now many people have contributed by the need to give a rigorous mathematical account of the principles of information that underwrite the theory.

ISBN-13

9780937073544

ISBN-10

0937073547

Weight

1.52 Pounds

Dimensions

5.98 x 1.14 x 8.98 In

List Price

$30.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

504 pages

Publisher

Center for the Study of Language and Inf

Published On

1991-03-26



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