The Thought: A Logical Inquiry

Frege, Gottlob

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“…The view of Fred I is fairly close to that of Frege (1892Frege ( , 1919. Kaplan's (1989) view is, I think, something of a cross between the views of the two Karls.…”

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Is there a fact of the matter between direct reference theory and (neo-)Fregeanism?

Balaguer

2011

Philos Stud

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It is argued here that there is no fact of the matter between direct reference theory and neo-Fregeanism. To get a more precise idea of the central thesis of this paper, consider the following two claims: (i) While direct reference theory and neo-Fregeanism can be developed in numerous ways, they can be developed in essentially parallel ways; that is, for any (plausible) way of developing direct reference theory, there is an essentially parallel way of developing neoFregeanism, and vice versa. And (ii) for each such pair of theories, there is no fact of the matter as to which of them is superior; or more precisely, they are tied in terms of factual accuracy. These are sweeping claims that cannot be fully justified in a single paper. But arguments are given here that motivate these theses, i.e., that suggest that they are very likely true.

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“…The view of Fred I is fairly close to that of Frege (1892Frege ( , 1919. Kaplan's (1989) view is, I think, something of a cross between the views of the two Karls.…”

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Is there a fact of the matter between direct reference theory and (neo-)Fregeanism?

Balaguer

2011

Philos Stud

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“…The understanding which is the foundation of modem formal logic is as follows: reasoning is conceived of in terms of scientific enquiry, being primarily concerned with assisting in the search for truths about the world [8]. Valid reasoning augments empirical enquiry by enabling scientists to formulate and test hypotheses, and to determine the full significance of observations.…”

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On isomorphic formalisations

Routen

1996

Artif Intell Law

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Previous research into the formalisation of statute law identified a number of uses of language which posed problems for formalisation. A previous paper argued that these uses establish the requirement that a formalisation be isomorphic, but noted that this has odd consequences. This paper expands on what these consequences are and argues that they undermine the very idea of formalisation. Therefore, the whole argument constitutes a reductio ad absurdum of the idea of formalising statute law. The paper provides reasons why this activity is impossible and places the conclusion in the context of the development of modem logic, in which context it appears uncontroversial.

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“…That is, between those who hold that, for instance, the constituents of the content of Fred's belief that that pigeon Mary is pecking at his feet should be represented as follows Mary, the property of pecking at Fred's feet and those who hold that it is to be represented by mp Mary , mp the property of pecking at Fred s feet respectively (where 'mp x ' is a mode of presentation of x). Those who characterise content in terms of objects and properties don't ignore the phenomena that led Frege to postulate modes of presentation (Frege 1892(Frege , 1918. They just deny that failures of substitution of coextensional terms in the ascriptions of propositional attitudes should be explained by supposing that these record differences in content.…”

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Environment-Dependent Content and the Virtues of Causal Explanation

Noordhof

2006

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The Thought: A Logical Inquiry

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Is there a fact of the matter between direct reference theory and (neo-)Fregeanism?

Is there a fact of the matter between direct reference theory and (neo-)Fregeanism?

On isomorphic formalisations

Environment-Dependent Content and the Virtues of Causal Explanation

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