Is Compositionality a Trivial Principle？

作     者：Richard G. Heck, Jr. 

作者机构：Department of Philosophy Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Philosophy in China》 (中国哲学前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第8卷第1期

页      面：140-155页

学科分类：01[哲学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 0712[理学-科学技术史(分学科，可授理学、工学、农学、医学学位)] 

主　　题：compositionality Horwich meaning semantics 

摘      要：Primarily a response to Paul Horwich＇s ＂Composition of Meanings,＂ this paper attempts to refute his claim that compositionality--roughly, the idea that the meaning of a sentence is determined by the meanings of its parts and how they are there combined--imposes no substantial constraints on semantic theory or on our conception of the meanings of words or sentences.