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Unified Grounding.

Authors :
Hansen, Casper
Source :
Erkenntnis; Oct2016, Vol. 81 Issue 5, p993-1010, 18p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

This paper offers a unification and systematization of the grounding approaches to truth, denotation, classes and abstraction. Its main innovation is a method for 'kleenifying' bivalent semantics so as to ensure that the trivalent semantics used for various linguistic elements are perfectly analogous to the semantics used by Kripke, rather than relying on intuition to achieve similarity. The focus is on generalizing strong Kleene semantics, but one section is devoted to supervaluation, and the unification method also extends to weak Kleene semantics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01650106
Volume :
81
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Erkenntnis
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
118169630
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-015-9778-2