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Erkenntnis volume 13, pages 207–224 (1978)Cite this article

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  1. John R. Searle
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I am indebted to many people for discussion of the ideas in this paper, and I especially want to thank M. Bierwisch, H. Dreyfus, and D. Searle.

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Searle, J.R. Literal meaning. Erkenntnis 13, 207–224 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160894

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Keywords

  • Truth Condition
  • Semantic Structure
  • Contextual Dependence
  • Literal Meaning
  • Background Assumption