A sentence type probing philosophy of language and logic. It highlights issues of context-dependence, referential opacity, and the boundaries of…
A truth-value gap occurs when a statement lacks a definite truth value (true or false). This concept is crucial in…
Free logic is a formal system that permits terms without existing referents, unlike classical logic, which presumes all terms denote…
The "Fido"-Fido principle in philosophy of language posits that a word's meaning is the object it represents. The meaning of…
Extension refers to the set of all things a term or concept applies to, contrasting with its intension, which defines…
An existence predicate, often found in free logics, is a logical construct that specifically asserts the existence of the object…
Epistemic vagueness posits that vagueness stems from limitations in human knowledge, not from the world or language itself. It contrasts…
Disquotationalism posits that the truth predicate's main role is to remove quotation marks, forming equivalent sentences. It simplifies the concept…
Deflationism posits that 'true' has no substantive property. Its role is primarily linguistic, enabling assertions and endorsements without implying a…
De dicto refers to how a statement attributes a property to a noun phrase as a whole. This contrasts with…