I THINK THEREFORE I AM, YOU THINK THEREFO RE YOU ARE, HE ... OR CONDITIONS OF FELICITY, AFFINITIES, WELL-CONSTRUCTED SENTENCES AND DIALOG

Authors
FRANCOIS F
Citation
F. Francois, I THINK THEREFORE I AM, YOU THINK THEREFO RE YOU ARE, HE ... OR CONDITIONS OF FELICITY, AFFINITIES, WELL-CONSTRUCTED SENTENCES AND DIALOG, International journal of the sociology of language, (109), 1994, pp. 7-24
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
International journal of the sociology of language → ACNP
ISSN journal
01652516
Issue
109
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-2516(1994):109<7:ITTIAY>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Taking as a starting point sentences like ''you think therefore you ar e,'' the question is, what determines meaning in unexpected sentences? We attempt to show that thinking out the conditions of felicity goes against the grain of efforts to determine the linguistic form of ''wel l constructed'' sentences, assumed to be the best way to express exper iences such as Descartes' ''cogito.''