Re: RT list: Help needed - sorry pressed the send button

Dear Billy,

Yes, I think you are right.

Thanks,

Anabella

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From: "Billy Clark" <b.clark@mdx.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:12 PM
To: "Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin" <anabellaniculescu@hotmail.com>;
<relevance@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: RT list: Help needed - sorry pressed the send button

> Yes, I think that's right. If I make mutually manifest an intention to
> communicate that it's raining, my communicative intention is fulfilled. My
> informative intention is only fulfilled if it becomes manifest to the
> addressee that it's raining (so not if they don't believe me).
>
> I don't think something can be manifest to someone if they think it's
> false, since the definition of manifestness includes a reference to being
> able to represent something as true (or probably true). It can be manifest
> to me that people think that the earth is flat but not that the earth is
> flat (since I believe that's false).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Billy
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin [anabellaniculescu@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 28 August 2012 09:49
> To: Billy Clark; relevance@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk
> Subject: Fw: RT list: Help needed - sorry pressed the send button
>
> I am sorry, I've sent the message before finishing it.
>
> The conclusion is that
>
> it seems that there are actually three steps:
> 1. you fulfill your communicative intention
> 2. you make mutually manifest you informative intention by fulfilling
> 1. -
> and these are somewhat interrelated....
> 3. you fulfill your informative intention once I believe it/find it to be
> possibly true.
>
>
> Does it make sense?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Anabella
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Received on Wed Aug 29 12:02:55 2012