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Semantic closure, philosophy: is an expression for the property of a language to contain expressions referring to this language, especially the predicates "is true" and "is false". Thus, sentences can be formed such as "This sentence is wrong". See also paradoxes, self-reference, expressiveness, richness, completeness, second order logic, dialethism._____________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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Alfred Tarski on Semantic Closure - Dictionary of Arguments
Skirbekk I 150 Semantically closed/Tarski: is a language it contains the names of the expressions next to each expression. The laws of logic apply. >Expressivity, >Richness, >Names of expressions. Everyday language satisfies these conditions. - Semantically closed languages are inconsistent, that is, one can derive paradoxes in them.(1) 1. A.Tarski, „Die semantische Konzeption der Wahrheit und die Grundlagen der Semantik“ (1944) in: G. Skirbekk (ed.) Wahrheitstheorien, Frankfurt 1996_____________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. |
Tarski I A. Tarski Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics: Papers from 1923-38 Indianapolis 1983 Skirbekk I G. Skirbekk (Hg) Wahrheitstheorien In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt 1977 |