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The debate between critics of syntactic and semantic approaches to the formalization of scientific theories has been going on for over 50 years. I structure the debate in light of… Click to show full abstract
The debate between critics of syntactic and semantic approaches to the formalization of scientific theories has been going on for over 50 years. I structure the debate in light of a recent exchange between Hans Halvorson, Clark Glymour, and Bas van Fraassen and argue that the only remaining disagreement concerns the alleged difference in the dependence of syntactic and semantic approaches on languages of predicate logic. This difference turns out to be illusory.
Keywords:
syntax semantics;
syntax;
semantics debate;
philosophy
Journal Title: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Year Published: 2017
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