Carnap's theory of descriptions and its problems

DOI10.1007/s11225-010-9243-9zbMath1197.03019OpenAlexW2053756009MaRDI QIDQ969430

Jan Heylen

Publication date: 7 May 2010

Published in: Studia Logica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/260882

zbMATH Keywords

modal logicdefinite descriptionsRudolf Carnap

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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Uses Software

• SIFA

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