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The dynamic nature ofGame-Theoretical Semantics is emphasized. The role of strategic meaning in accounting for linguistic competence is examined. The semantics of epistemic possibility is shown to involve a dynamic ingredient. Update semantics has been designed to capture it. The paper focuses on the interplay betweenlogical and linguistic competences indiscourse understanding.
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Gochet, P. The Dynamic Turn in Twentieth Century Logic. Synthese 130, 175–184 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014435213120
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