ISBN:
9789401592437
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XI, 146 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Topoi Library 1
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
;
Semantics
;
Logic
;
Linguistics Philosophy
;
Mathematical logic.
;
Semiotics.
;
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Abstract:
This book is a study of the foundations of model-theoretic semantics. Its central thesis is that one does not need to assume a perfect structural fit between languages and their models in order to characterise the basic semantic notions. In particular, truth-value gaps and gluts can be explained away as local phenomena that do not bring logical disaster in their wake. Varzi's detailed and original account is based on a generalisation of supervaluationary techniques and is illustrated with reference to a range of different types of examples, from sentential logic to type theory. Audience: The book is self-contained and will appeal to philosophers, logicians, linguists and computer scientists
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-015-9243-7
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