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When people talk, their words do not fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can understanding be achieved? Wilson and…

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When people talk, their words do not fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can understanding be achieved? Wilson and Spirber argue that understanding is a process of reasoning guided by accurate expectations of the subject.

What are the relationships between the linguistically encoded meanings studied in semantics and the ideas that humans can see and convey? How should we analyze the literal meaning, approximation, metaphors and irony? Is the ability to understand the meaning of speakers rooted in a more general human capacity to understand other minds? How do these capacities interact in evolution and in cognitive development? The meaning and the subject determine the answer to these and other questions, enrich and update the theory of relevance and explore its effects on linguistics, philosophy, cognitive sciences and literary studies.



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