Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (Hardcover)

Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic is Rudolf Carnap’s major contribution to the semantics of linguistic expressions. In this work, Carnap moves beyond his earlier focus on logical syntax to develop an intensional semantics that treats meanings as functions of possible worlds. He introduces a relation of designation/reference, defines satisfaction relative to state descriptions, and distinguishes the extension and intension of expressions. Carnap’s intensional semantics recovers classical extensional semantics when intensional operators are ignored, but in full generality it provides a basis for modern modal logic and possible‑worlds semantics【762530247344730†L1466-L1474】【762530247344730†L1491-L1499】.

Product Details:
• ISBN: 144372534X
• EAN: 9781443725347
• Publisher: Clarke Press
• Binding: Hardcover
• Copyright date: 2008
• Publication date: 2008
• Pages: 224 pages
• Dimensions: 21.59 cm × 13.97 cm × 1.60 cm
• Weight: 0.43 kg