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Semantics: Semantics is the field of linguistics, which deals with the meaning of expressions, words, parts of words, sentences or signs. Aids for ascertaining the meaning are investigations of the use and the determination of the truth value (true or false) of the statements, which can be determined from the linguistic or action-like utterances. Therefore, semantic questions are ultimately truth questions. See also truth, reference, meaning, sense, semiology, signs, symbols, syntax, pragmatics, linguistics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hartry Field on Semantics - Dictionary of Arguments
II 133 Meaning/synonymy/deflationism/Field: a full-fledged deflationism should not rely on inter-personal synonymy, let alone inter-personnel attributable meanings - ((s) instead homophony and "as-I-understand-it". >Meaning, >Synonymy, >Deflationism, >Disquotationalism/Field, >Understanding. II 134 Then truth vulues are not semantical. >Truth values. II 168 Proposition/semantics/Field: false: to assume semantic relations between expressions and propositions. >Expressions, >Propositions. II 231 Non-semantical/Field: e.g. causally - e.g. assignment to an extension. Semantical: non-disquotational. >Causal theory of reference, >Causal theory of knowledge, >Reference, cf. >Speaker meaning. III 40 Semantics: e.g. conservativity - e.g. logical consequence relation. >Conservativity. Syntax, syntactic: e.g. derivability, e.g. provability. >Derivability, >Probvability._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Field I H. Field Realism, Mathematics and Modality Oxford New York 1989 Field II H. Field Truth and the Absence of Fact Oxford New York 2001 Field III H. Field Science without numbers Princeton New Jersey 1980 Field IV Hartry Field "Realism and Relativism", The Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1982), pp. 553-67 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 |