Compositionality and Holism
Compositional Semantics, Compositionality, Definition of Compositionality, Holism in Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Phy, Holism, Mental and Semantic
A Unified Theory of Names
Article by John Justice, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
Aspects of a Theory of Singular Reference
William Greenberg's 1982 UCLA dissertation.
Brandom's solution to Kripke's puzzle
Frege's example of Hesperus and Phosphorous is widely held to defeat Millian theories of meaning. Kripke has devised an alternate puzzle that seems to show that the same problem exists in Fregean accounts. Here Carl Penco discusses Brandom's resolution of this paradox.
Fodor On Frege Cases
Article by Murat Aydede and Philip Robbins. Subtitled `Are Frege Cases Exceptions to Intentional Generalizations?'
On Naming and Possibility in Kripke and in the Tra
Article by María Cerezo, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
On the Model Theory of Knowledge
An essay by John McCarthy on the use of model theory, with a bias towards knowledge representation. Strong on Kripke models.
Sellars-Harman Correspondence
Correspondence between Wilfrid Sellars and Gilbert Harman on truth. Illuminating discussion on the issue of whether a Tarskian semantics provides an adequate basis for a correspondence theory of truth.
Singular Propositions
Singular propositions (also called `Russellian propositions') are propositions that are about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by G. W. Fitch.
The Reference of Theoretical Terms
Article by Renate Duerr, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
The Theory of Abstract Objects
Web resource provided by Edward Zalta, centering upon his `Principia Metaphysica', a general calculus for the expression of theories of abstract objects. Includes a tutorial section.