‘Boys Don’t Cry’ – An Ambiguous Statement?
As has often been observed in the literature, an utterance of a generic such as ‘Boys don’t cry’ can convey a normative behavioral rule that applies to boys, roughly: that boys shouldn’t cry. This observation has led many authors to the claim that generics are ambiguous: they allow both for a descri...
Main Author: | Katharina Felka |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | ces |
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Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
2021-08-01
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Series: | Organon F |
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Online Access: | https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/09211842orgf.2021.28305.pdf |
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