Semantic Holism in Scientific Language

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ID10707151
AutoresHolger Andreas (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume77
Fascículo4
Páginas524-543
Data de publicação2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/656007
OpenAlexW2136276455
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas16

Whether meaning is compositional has been a major issue in linguistics and formal philosophy of language for the last 2 decades. Semantic holism is widely and plausibly considered as an objection to the principle of semantic compositionality therein. It comes as a surprise that the holistic peculiarities of scientific language have been rarely addressed in formal accounts so far, given that semantic holism has its roots in the philosophy of science. For this reason, a model-theoretic approach to semantic holism in the language of science is presented here. This approach preserves compositionality to a large extent

Cognitive science · Epistemology · Holism · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Philosophy of science · Principle of compositionality · Surprise · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Semantic Web and Ontologies