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Indefinite Descriptions

An indefinite description refers to any member of a class, not a…

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Imperative Sentences: Commands, Requests, and Instructions

Imperative sentences are linguistic expressions or logical forms used to issue commands,…

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Higher-Order Vagueness

Higher-order vagueness concerns the application of vagueness itself, especially with predicates that…

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Heterological: Understanding Self-Referential Paradoxes

Explore heterological, an adjective describing terms that do not apply to themselves.…

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Grelling Paradox

The Grelling paradox explores self-reference in language. It questions whether the word…

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Truth-Value Glut

A truth-value glut arises in formal semantics when a theory assigns multiple…

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Generalized Quantifiers: Beyond ‘All’ and ‘Some’

Generalized quantifiers extend logical and linguistic expression beyond basic 'all' or 'some'.…

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Geach-Kaplan Sentence

A sentence type probing philosophy of language and logic. It highlights issues…

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Game-Theoretic Semantics

Game-theoretic semantics interprets linguistic meaning via games between verifier and falsifier. It…

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Frame Semantics

Frame semantics is a linguistic theory using conceptual 'frames' to understand how…

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