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Context as knowledge
Author(s) -
Huvenes Torfinn Thomesen,
Stokke Andreas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/mila.12351
Subject(s) - demonstrative , common ground , indexicality , epistemology , context (archaeology) , computer science , common knowledge (logic) , cognitive science , sociology , linguistics , knowledge management , psychology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , communication , history , epistemic modal logic , multimodal logic , archaeology , description logic
It has been argued that common ground information is unsuited to the role that contexts play in the theory of indexical and demonstrative reference. This paper explores an alternative view that identifies shared information with what is common knowledge among the participants. We argue this view of shared information avoids the problems for the common ground approach concerning reference while preserving its advantages in accounting for communication.