Formal Semantics and Wittgenstein: An Alternative?

This paper discusses a number of methodological issues with mainstream formal semantics and then investigates whether Wittgenstein's later work provides an alternative approach that is able to avoid these issues.

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Published in:The Monist 2013-04, Vol.96 (2), p.205-231
Main Author: Stokhof, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Chomsky, Noam
Computer aided software engineering
Criticism and interpretation
Distributed processing
Empiricism
Formal semantics
Grammatical constructions
Intuition
Language
Linguistics
Logical form
Metadata
Natural language
Ontology
Performance evaluation
Phenomena
Philosophers
Security management
Semantic analysis
Semantics
Studies
Theoretical linguistics
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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Summary:This paper discusses a number of methodological issues with mainstream formal semantics and then investigates whether Wittgenstein's later work provides an alternative approach that is able to avoid these issues.
ISSN:0026-9662
2153-3601
DOI:10.5840/monist20139629