Formal Semantics and Wittgenstein

The Monist 96 (2):205-231 (2013)
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This paper discusses a number of methodological issues with mainstream formal semantics and then investigates whetherWittgenstein’s later work provides an alternative approach that is able to avoid these issues.

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10.5840/monist20139629

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