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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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201642

Is natural semantics possible?

ordinary English, formal deformations-cum-reformations and the limits of model theory

Joseph Almog

pp. 49-108

Abstract

The essay is dedicated to the memory of Jaakko Hintikka and Hilary Putnam, two logically inventive philosophers who, nonetheless, showed deep judgment in bringing to the fore the limits of reducing natural languages to formal languages, via the use of logical forms and model theory. Writing in parallel ecologies, the two proposed rather similar "limitative" theses about the popular logical-form-cum-model theory methodology.

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van Ditmarsch Hans, Sandu Paul-Gabriel (2018) Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 49-108

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_3

Full citation:

Almog Joseph (2018) „Is natural semantics possible?: ordinary English, formal deformations-cum-reformations and the limits of model theory“, In: H. Van Ditmarsch & P.-G. Sandu (eds.), Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics, Dordrecht, Springer, 49–108.