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State-spaces and meaning relations among predicates

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It has often been suggested that the meaning of terms is theory dependent. Bas van Fraassen has proposed a particular way of inferring which sentences are true in virtue of meaning, given a theory in so-called “state-space format”. I examine his claims by means of simple examples.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 3709 Trousdale Parkway, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Frank Arntzenius

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Arntzenius, F. State-spaces and meaning relations among predicates. Topoi 10, 35–42 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136021

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