Kinds, Things, and Stuff

This volume showcases an interplay between leading philosophical and linguistic semanticists on the one side, and leading cognitive and developmental psychologists on the other side. The topic is a class of outstanding questions in the semanticists on the one side, and leading cognitive and developmental psychologists on the other side. The topic is a class of outstanding questions in the semantic and logical theories of generic statements and statements that employ mass terms by looking to the cognitive abilities of speakers and of child language-learners.

Pelletier is Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science, Professor Philosophy and Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

"A reader who is interested in genericity or in the mass-count distinction, who is interested also in how the experimental literature speaks to those concerns, will be well rewarded. And the reader who might specialize in psychology, or in philosophy of mind, who is curious how language-based experimentation can contribute to their interests, will also be rewarded. Thanks go to Francis Pelletier for putting these valuable essays together." --Robert Fiengo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews