Pragmatic Logic for Commands.
by
 
Adler, Melvin Joseph.

Title
Pragmatic Logic for Commands.

Author
Adler, Melvin Joseph.

ISBN
9789027281104

Personal Author
Adler, Melvin Joseph.

Physical Description
1 online resource (139 pages)

Series
Pragmatics & Beyond

Contents
A PRAGMATIC LOGIC FOR COMMANDS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE PRAGMATICS OF COMMANDS -- 1.1 Commands and Imperatives -- 1.2 Institutions and Speech Acts -- 1.3 The Institution of Commands -- 1.3.1 The Authority (I) -- 1.3.2 The Addressee (I) -- 1.3.3 Other Institutional Factors -- 1.3.4 Partial Summary -- 1.4 The Authority (II) -- 1.5 The Addressee (II) -- 1.6 The Required Action or Result -- 1.7 The Period During Whioh a Command is in Force -- 1.8.1 Execution-Preconditions -- 1.8.2 Hypothetical Imperatives -- 2. A SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS FOR COMMANDS -- 2.1 Goals -- 2.2 Commands -- 2.3 The Algebra of Commands -- 2.4 Rules of Inference -- 2. 5 Semantics (I) -- 2.6 Semantics (II) -- 2. 7 Semantics (III) -- 2.8 Presuppositions -- 3. OUTLOOK AND PERSPECTIVES -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES.

Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to both discuss commands as a species of speech act and to discuss commands within the broader framework of how they are used and reacted to.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Commands (Logic).
 
Pragmatics.

Genre
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