Redefining logical constants as inference markers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María José Frápolli (0000-0002-4375-3331, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), Stavros Assimakopoulo (0000-0002-2088-8380, University of Malta), Stavros Assimakopoulos |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2012-0023 |
| OpenAlex | W2328055600 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
There is currently no universally accepted general de nition of logical constanthood. With a view to addressing this issue, we follow a pragmatist ratio- nale, according to which, some notion can be identi ed as a logical constant by considering the way in which it is used in our everyday reasoning practices, and argue that a logical constant has to be seen as encoding some kind of dynamic meaning, which marks the presence of an inferential transition among proposi- tional contents. We then put forth a characterisation of logical constants that takes into account their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic roles. What follows from our proposal is that logical constanthood can be best understood as a func- tional property that is satis ed only by certain uses of the relevant notions
Inference · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Semantic Web and Ontologies · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |