Types of Intention Based Semantics

Types of Intention Based Semantics

Type A

• One sense acceptance of Intention based semantics is trivial
• Words clearly attain meaning via use
• Possible world where objects of same shape/form as words in English but there are no intentional agents
• Only convention makes 'apple' mean apple and not banana.

Type B

• Intentional agents are more than a pre-requisite.
• Grasp of meaning demands consideration of current mental states
• Relevance ----> an act of interpretation is relevant iff cognitive cost of processing the event is outweighed by benefits
  
• Inferential mechanism ----> key to…