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Formal Semantics and Wittgenstein: An Alternative?

Martin Stokhof
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/monist20139629 205-231 First published online: 1 April 2013

Abstract

This paper discusses a number of methodological issues with mainstream formal semantics and then investigates whether Wittgenstein's later work provides an alternative approach that is able to avoid these issues.

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