Published 2019-05-01
Keywords
- Hechos,
- Eventos,
- Referencia,
- Descripciones definidas
- Facts,
- Events,
- Reference,
- Definite Descriptions
Abstract
In this article, we propose that it is possible to analyze the reference to facts and events starting from a linguistic analysis. With this purpose, we provide, first, an ontological characterization of facts and events based on a Platonist ontology, which contains concrete and abstract entities and is hierarchized in levels, and, second, an analysis on the reference to facts and events that starts from a grammatical analysis of the definite descriptions that can be related to said entities. Finally, we determine whether it is possible to refer to facts and events or not.
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Chisholm, R. (1976), Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study, La Salle, Open Court.
Clark, H. y Bangerter, A. (2004), “Changing Ideas about Reference”, en Noveck, I. y Sperber, D. (eds.), Experimental Pragmatics, Londres, Routledge, pp. 25-49.
Davidson, D. (1969), “True to the Facts”, The Journal of Philosophy, 66 (21), pp. 748-764.
Davidson, D. (1981), Essays on Actions and Events, Nueva York, Oxford University Press.
Demonte, V. (1999), “El adjetivo: clases y usos”, en Bosque, I. y Demonte, V. (dirs.), Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa, pp.129-216.
Donnellan, K. (1966), “Reference and Definite Descriptions”, Philosophical Review, 75, pp. 281-304.
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Faye, J. (1989), The Reality of the Future: An Essay on Time, Causation and Backward Causation, Odense, Odense University Press.
Frege, G. (1953), The Foundations of Arithmetic, trad. J. L. Austin, 2a ed. revisada, Nueva York, Harper and Brothers.
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Kim, J. (1976), “Events as Property Exemplifications”, en Brand, M. y Walton, D. (eds.), Action Theory, Dordrecht, Reidel, pp. 159-177.
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Lyons, J. (1977), Semantics, Volume I, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Markosian, N. (1998), “Brutal Composition”, Philosophical Studies, 92 (3), pp. 211-249.
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Polakof, A. C. (2017a), Eventos, fatos e estados de coisas: Da ontologia lógica à linguagem em uso. Tesis doctoral, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [en línea]. Disponible en: https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/31527/31527.pdf.
Polakof, A.C. (2017b), “La referencia a eventos y su soporte lingüístico”, RASAL Lingüística, 2017, pp. 137-154.
Polakof, A.C. (2019), “Lo concreto y lo abstracto en nominalizaciones deadjetivales”, Revista Signos: Estudios de Lingüística, 52 (100), pp. 410-431.
Quine, W. (1985), “Events and Reification”, en Lepore, E. y McLaughlin, B. (eds.) Actions and Events, Nueva York, Basil Blackwell, pp. 162-171.
Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la Lengua Española. Recuperado de http://dle.rae.es/?w=diccionario (13-12-2017).
Real Academia Española (2016), Corpus del español del siglo XXI (CORPES). Datos generales. Recuperado de http://web.frl.es/CORPES/org/publico/pages/ayuda/informacion.view (08-09-2016).
Reicher, M. (2009), “Introduction”, en Reicher, M. (ed.) States of Affairs, Fráncfort, Ontos Verlag, pp. 7-38.
Russell, B. (1918), “The Philosophy of Logical Atomism”, en The Philosophy of Logical Atomism, Londres, Routledge, 2010, pp. 1-110.
Vendler, Z. (1967), “Facts and Events”, en Linguistics and Philosophy, Ithaca, Cornell University Press.
Wettstein, H. (1981), “Demonstrative Reference and Definite Descriptions”, Philosophical Studies, 40, pp. 241-257.