%0 Journal Article %1 emar2009presupposing %A Maier, Emar %D 2009 %J Linguistics and Philosophy %K belief de-dicto de-re de-se imported %N 5 %P 429--474 %T Presupposing acquaintance: a unified semantics for de dicto, de re and de se belief reports %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10988-010-9065-2 %V 32 %X This paper deals with the semantics of de dicto, de re and de se belief reports. First, I flesh out in some detail the established, classical theories that assume syntactic distinctions between all three types of reports. I then propose a new, unified analysis, based on two ideas discarded by the classicaltheory. These are: (i) modeling the de re/de dicto distinction as a difference in scope, and (ii) analyzing de se as merely a special case of relational de re attitudes. The resurrection of these ideas takes place in a dynamic setting. My formalization of the first idea involvesa modification of the presupposition-as-anaphora resolution algorithm for DRT. The second involves treating acquaintance relationsas second-order presuppositions, to be bound in the context by means of higher-order unification, or accommodated if necessary.The resulting framework requires no syntactic distinctions between different modes of attitude, with the exception of a specificsubclass of de se reports characterized by special ‘de se pronouns’ (i.e. PRO and logophors). These special pronouns are handled in syntax; everything alse is passed on to the pragmaticresolution module as it appears on the surface. The more sophisticated contextual resolution process nonetheless ensures adequateoutput truth conditions for a variety of classical and novel puzzles. In particular, I compare the new pragmasemantic systemto the classical, syntactic analysis with respect to iterated and quantified reports, and monstrously shifted indexicals.

@article{emar2009presupposing, abstract = {This paper deals with the semantics of de dicto, de re and de se belief reports. First, I flesh out in some detail the established, classical theories that assume syntactic distinctions between all three types of reports. I then propose a new, unified analysis, based on two ideas discarded by the classicaltheory. These are: (i) modeling the de re/de dicto distinction as a difference in scope, and (ii) analyzing de se as merely a special case of relational de re attitudes. The resurrection of these ideas takes place in a dynamic setting. My formalization of the first idea involvesa modification of the presupposition-as-anaphora resolution algorithm for DRT. The second involves treating acquaintance relationsas second-order presuppositions, to be bound in the context by means of higher-order unification, or accommodated if necessary.The resulting framework requires no syntactic distinctions between different modes of attitude, with the exception of a specificsubclass of de se reports characterized by special ‘de se pronouns’ (i.e. PRO and logophors). These special pronouns are handled in syntax; everything alse is passed on to the pragmaticresolution module as it appears on the surface. The more sophisticated contextual resolution process nonetheless ensures adequateoutput truth conditions for a variety of classical and novel puzzles. In particular, I compare the new pragmasemantic systemto the classical, syntactic analysis with respect to iterated and quantified reports, and monstrously shifted indexicals.}, added-at = {2010-03-12T06:01:21.000+0100}, author = {Maier, Emar}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28ce2c6527acd871347890472cc563fd9/nwyatt}, description = {SpringerLink - Journal Article}, interhash = {b8ad649fd87bb66b7a2904a109b632f5}, intrahash = {8ce2c6527acd871347890472cc563fd9}, journal = {Linguistics and Philosophy}, keywords = {belief de-dicto de-re de-se imported}, month = {#oct#}, number = 5, pages = {429--474}, timestamp = {2010-03-12T06:01:21.000+0100}, title = {Presupposing acquaintance: a unified semantics for de dicto, de re and de se belief reports}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10988-010-9065-2}, volume = 32, year = 2009 }