Steward, H. (2006) Could have done otherwise, action sentences and anaphora. Analysis, 66 (290). pp. 95-101.
Abstract
What does it mean to say of a certain agent, S, that he or she could have done otherwise? Clearly, it means nothing at all, unless the anaphoric devices within the sentence have been anchored to definite antecedents. In this paper, I shall argue that there may be more ways of effecting this anchoring than is commonly supposed, and hence more questions potentially available to be asked by means of the formulation ‘Could S have done otherwise?’ than is generally assumed to be the case in most of the relevant literature.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Helen Steward 2006. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Analysis, Vol 66(290) pp.95-101. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Leeds Philosophy Department |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2007 12:21 |
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2016 13:32 |
Published Version: | http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1467-8284.2006.00595.x |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:3341 |