Linguistique de l’écrit

Revue internationale en libre accès

Livre | Chapitre

186039

Possible worlds semantics and the liar

Sten Lindström

pp. 297-314

Résumé

In this paper I discuss a paradox, due to David Kaplan, that in his view threatens the use of possible worlds semantics as a model-theoretic framework for intensional logic.1 Kaplan's paradox starts out from an intuitively reasonable principle that I refer to as the Principle of Plenitude. From this principle he derives a contradiction in what he calls Naive Possible World Theory. Kaplan's metatheoretic argument can be restated in the modal object language as an intensional version of the Liar paradox.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Rojszczak Artur, Cachro Jacek, Kurczewski Gabriel (2003) Philosophical dimensions of logic and science: selected contributed papers from the 11th international congress of logic, methodology, and philosophy of science, Kraków, 1999. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 297-314

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2612-2_22

Citation complète:

Lindström Sten, 2003, Possible worlds semantics and the liar. In A. Rojszczak, J. Cachro & G. Kurczewski (eds.) Philosophical dimensions of logic and science (297-314). Dordrecht, Springer.