Anatomy of a proposition

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27240%2F19%3A10246668" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27240/19:10246668 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-017-1512-y" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-017-1512-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1512-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11229-017-1512-y</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anatomy of a proposition

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper addresses the mereological problem of the unity of structured propositions. The problem is how to make multiple parts interact such that they form a whole that is ultimately related to truth and falsity. The solution I propose is based on a Platonist variant of procedural semantics. I think of procedures as abstract entities that detail a logical path from input to output. Procedures are modeled on a function/argument logic, but are not functions (mappings). Instead they are higher-order, fine-grained structures. I identify propositions with particular kinds of molecular procedures containing multiple sub-procedures as parts. Procedures are among the basic entities of my ontology, while propositions are derived entities. The core of a structured proposition is the procedure of predication, which is an instance of the procedure of functional application. The main thesis I defend is that procedurally conceived propositions are their own unifiers detailing how their parts interact so as to form a unit. They are not unified by one of their constituents, e.g., a relation or a sub-procedure, on pain of regress. The relevant procedural semantics is Transparent Intensional Logic, a hyperintensional, typed -calculus, whose -terms express four different kinds of procedures. While demonstrating how the theory works, I place my solution in a wider historical and systematic context.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anatomy of a proposition

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper addresses the mereological problem of the unity of structured propositions. The problem is how to make multiple parts interact such that they form a whole that is ultimately related to truth and falsity. The solution I propose is based on a Platonist variant of procedural semantics. I think of procedures as abstract entities that detail a logical path from input to output. Procedures are modeled on a function/argument logic, but are not functions (mappings). Instead they are higher-order, fine-grained structures. I identify propositions with particular kinds of molecular procedures containing multiple sub-procedures as parts. Procedures are among the basic entities of my ontology, while propositions are derived entities. The core of a structured proposition is the procedure of predication, which is an instance of the procedure of functional application. The main thesis I defend is that procedurally conceived propositions are their own unifiers detailing how their parts interact so as to form a unit. They are not unified by one of their constituents, e.g., a relation or a sub-procedure, on pain of regress. The relevant procedural semantics is Transparent Intensional Logic, a hyperintensional, typed -calculus, whose -terms express four different kinds of procedures. While demonstrating how the theory works, I place my solution in a wider historical and systematic context.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10200 - Computer and information sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-23891S" target="_blank" >GA18-23891S: Hyperintensionální usuzování nad texty přirozeného jazyka</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Synthese

ISSN

0039-7857

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

196

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

40

Strana od-do

1285-1324

Kód UT WoS článku

000463169600004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85028539948