Illocutionary Force and Its Relation to Mood: Comparative Methodology Reconsidered |
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Authors: | Marshall D Willman |
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Institution: | 1. College of Overseas Education, The New York Institute of Technology, Nanjing Campus, Xian Lin District, Wen Yuan Road 9#, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210046, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract: | It is sometimes argued that the study of grammar is irrelevant or unimportant in the business of comparative philosophy, or
that it ought to be avoided in favor of methods that presuppose a strongly pragmatic point of view. In this regard, some philosophers
have expressed skepticism about whether facts about grammar have anything to offer in the adjudication of competing theories
of interpretation or translation. This essay argues that a strongly pragmatic orientation in comparative philosophy invariably
overlooks an important role that the study of grammar can play in shedding light on the nature of intention and communicative
practice, and that an essential part of the methodology of comparative philosophy should involve a grammatical approach to
interpretation and translation. These points are supported by a semantical analysis of passages from Confucius’ Analects that clarifies the relationship between illocutionary force and grammatical mood. |
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