A defense of Tarski

A defense of Tarski

Kit Fine has argued that the Tarski Semantics for the language of first order logic (FOL) is inadequate. A semantic theory for FOL is inadequate if there are formulae of FOL whose meanings or satisfaction conditions it cannot compositionally account for. It is argued here that Fine's case again...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical studies 2017-08, Vol.174 (8), p.1885-1894
1. Verfasser: Kwon, Daniel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Education
Epistemology
Ethics
Language
Logic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Mind
Semantics
Theory
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Zusammenfassung:Kit Fine has argued that the Tarski Semantics for the language of first order logic (FOL) is inadequate. A semantic theory for FOL is inadequate if there are formulae of FOL whose meanings or satisfaction conditions it cannot compositionally account for. It is argued here that Fine's case against Tarski rests on a mistake.
ISSN:0031-8116
1573-0883
DOI:10.1007/s11098-016-0773-5