In this paper, I will tackle the notion of reference of singular terms in the light of a classic analytic divide, i.e. whether its analysis, like the analysis of other basic notions, should be carried out in natural language or in the semantics of formal frameworks. I will incline toward the latter strategy, and consider reference in classical first-order logic as the simplest framework in which to investigate reference.

Reference in Formal Semantics and Natural Language: A Methodological Route / Boccuni, Francesca. - In: PHENOMENOLOGY AND MIND. - ISSN 2239-4028. - 15:(2018), pp. 24-35. [10.13128/Phe_Mi-24969]

Reference in Formal Semantics and Natural Language: A Methodological Route

BOCCUNI FRANCESCA
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2018-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, I will tackle the notion of reference of singular terms in the light of a classic analytic divide, i.e. whether its analysis, like the analysis of other basic notions, should be carried out in natural language or in the semantics of formal frameworks. I will incline toward the latter strategy, and consider reference in classical first-order logic as the simplest framework in which to investigate reference.
2018
reference, arbitrariness, formal languages, natural language, formal semantics
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