Linguistique de l’écrit

Revue internationale en libre accès

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234566

On the number of types

Miloš Kosterec

pp. 5005-5021

Résumé

In this paper, I investigate type theories (TTs) from several perspectives. First, I present and elaborate the philosophical and technical motivations for these theories. I then offer a formal analysis of various TTs, focusing on the cardinality of the set of types contained in each. I argue that these TTs can be divided into four formal categories, which are derived from the cardinality of the set of their basic elementary types and the finiteness of the lengths of their molecular types. The paper provides proofs of the cardinality of the universe of types for each of the specified theories.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Colombo Matteo, Gervais Raoul, Sprenger Jan (2017) Objectivity in science. Synthese 194 (12).

Pages: 5005-5021

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1190-1

Citation complète:

Kosterec Miloš, 2017, On the number of types. Synthese 194 (12), Objectivity in science, 5005-5021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1190-1.