Ebook: Philosophy, Language, and Artificial Intelligence: Resources for Processing Natural Language
- Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
- Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems 2
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and phi losophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and socio biology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual and epistemologi cal aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. Among the most challenging and difficult projects within the scope of artificial intelligence is the development and implementation of com puter programs suitable for processing natural language. Our purpose in compiling the present volume has been to contribute to the foundations of this enterprise by bringing together classic papers devoted to crucial problems involved in understanding natural language, which range from issues of formal syntax and logical form to those of possible-worlds and situation semantics. The book begins with a comprehensive introduc tion composed by Jack Kulas, the senior editor of this work, which pro vides a systematic orientation to this complex field, and ends with a selected bibliography intended to promote further research. If our efforts assist others in dealing with these problems, they will have been worthwhile. J. H. F.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Philosophy and Natural-Language Processing....Pages 1-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Utterer’s Meaning, Sentence-Meaning, and Word-Meaning....Pages 49-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Footloose and Context-Free....Pages 69-78
Evidence Against the Context-Freeness of Natural Language....Pages 79-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Truth and Meaning....Pages 93-111
Semantics for Propositional Attitudes....Pages 113-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English....Pages 141-162
Phrase Structure Grammar....Pages 163-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Quantifiers in Natural Languages: Some Logical Problems, I....Pages 221-240
Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language....Pages 241-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
From Worlds to Situations....Pages 305-329
Possible Worlds and Situations....Pages 331-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Semantics Versus Pragmatics....Pages 349-380
Back Matter....Pages 383-421
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Philosophy and Natural-Language Processing....Pages 1-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Utterer’s Meaning, Sentence-Meaning, and Word-Meaning....Pages 49-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Footloose and Context-Free....Pages 69-78
Evidence Against the Context-Freeness of Natural Language....Pages 79-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Truth and Meaning....Pages 93-111
Semantics for Propositional Attitudes....Pages 113-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English....Pages 141-162
Phrase Structure Grammar....Pages 163-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Quantifiers in Natural Languages: Some Logical Problems, I....Pages 221-240
Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language....Pages 241-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
From Worlds to Situations....Pages 305-329
Possible Worlds and Situations....Pages 331-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Semantics Versus Pragmatics....Pages 349-380
Back Matter....Pages 383-421
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