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Language And Equilibrium
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A New Framework That Shows How To Derive The Meaning Of An Utterance From First Principles By Modeling It As A System Of Interdependent Games.In Language And Equilibrium, Prashant Parikh Offers A New Account Of Meaning For Natural Language. He Argues That Equilibrium, Or Balance Among Multiple Interacting Forces, Is A Key Attribute Of Language And Meaning And Shows How To Derive The Meaning Of An Utterance From First Principles By Modeling It As A System Of Interdependent Games.His Account Results In A Novel View Of Semantics And Pragmatics And Describes How Both May Be Integrated With Syntax. It Considers Many Aspects Of Meaningincluding Literal Meaning And Implicatureand Advances A Detailed Theory Of Definite Descriptions As An Application Of The Framework.Language And Equilibrium Is Intended For A Wide Readership In The Cognitive Sciences, Including Philosophers, Linguists, And Artificial Intelligence Researchers As Well As Neuroscientists, Psychologists, And Economists Interested In Language And Communication.
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