Extensionalism
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Extensionalism, in the philosophy of language, in logic and semantics, is the view that all languages or at least all scientific languages should be extensional. It has been described as the default option for the scientism in the nineteenth century and the result of the application of empiricistic inductive methodology to the problem of semantics.
Extensionalism, in the philosophy of language, in logic and semantics, is the view that all languages or at least all scientific languages should be extensional. It has been described as the default option for the scientism in the nineteenth century and the result of the application of empiricistic inductive methodology to the problem of semantics.
See also
Extension (semantics) Extension (predicate logic)
References
Carnap, Rudolf: Der logische Aufbau der Welt. Berlin-Schlachtensee 1928. Neuauflage Hamburg 1998. Carnap, Rudolf: Logische Syntax der Sprache. Vienna 1934. Carnap, Rudolf: Bedeutung und Notwendigkeit. Eine Studie zur Semantik und modalen Logik. Wien/New York 1972 (Originalausgabe: Meaning and Necessity. A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic. Chicago/Toronto/London 1947). Quine, Willard Van Orman: "Three Grades of Modal Involvement", in: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Philosophy, Vol. 14. Amsterdam 1953, 65–81. Quine, Willard Van Orman: "Reference and Modality", in: From a Logical Point of View. Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1953. Quine, Willard Van Orman: Word and Object. Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1960. Quine, Willard Van Orman: Confessions of a Confirmed Extensionalist. Cambridge (Massachusetts) 2008.
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