Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory._____________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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Leon Henkin on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments
Berka I 316 Meaning/Henkin: we also deal with the meaning of the formulas according to the following interpretation: constants designate one of the truth values T or F. >Truth values, >Formulas, >Interpretation, >Valuation. Propositional variables: Propositional variables have the truth value as domain. >Domains, >Quotation marks. ((s) no quotation marks at T and F!) The character "f" denotes F.) >Propositional variables, >Variables._____________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. |
Henkin I Leon Henkin Retracing elementary mathematics New York 1962 Berka I Karel Berka Lothar Kreiser Logik Texte Berlin 1983 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19