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12 December 2006, Uniting a Fregean Philosophy of Language with a Fregean
Philosophy of Mathematics, Edward N. Zalta
(Bus 11 or 12 from Utrecht Central Station).
Abstract:
In this talk, I review the philosophy of language that can
be developed within object theory.
The theory predicts the existence of abstract objects that can serve
as the senses of individual terms
and abstract objects that can serve as the senses of relational
terms. The theory also predicts that the
senses of relation terms map the senses of individual terms to
abstract objects that serve as the senses
of the whole sentence. These senses of sentences seem appropriate as
Fregean thoughts, and they can serve
as the denotation of sentences when sentences are embedded within
propositional attitude reports.
(Object theory also yields denotations for individual terms and
denotations for relation terms, and though
the latter map the former to propositions instead of truth-values,
each proposition does still receive a
truth value as its extension.) In the second part of the talk, I
show how this work unites a quasi-Fregean
philosophy of language a neo-Fregean philosophy of mathematics.
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