The Semantic Relationistic Approach to Generalized Fregean Puzzles
MA Minghui
Front. Philos. China ›› 2012, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (3) : 404 -421.
The Semantic Relationistic Approach to Generalized Fregean Puzzles
Semantic relationism is a methodology proposed by Kit Fine for solving the antinomy of variables. Fine proposed the relational semantics for first-order logic, which can be used to solve Frege’s puzzle of names. In this paper, I generalize Frege’s puzzle to other linguistic expressions, including definite descriptions, predicates, quantifiers and modalities. I then apply Fine’s semantic relationistic approach to these puzzles.
semantic relationism / Frege’s puzzle / semantic antinomy
Higher Education Press and Brill
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