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This category is devoted to what Quine would call theories of reference (see his `On what there is'), ie. theories that do not contain an explicit theory of sense. In particular of interest are Kripke's New Theory of Reference, possible worlds semantics, knowledge and belief representation, Millian semantics, Carnap-Davidson-Tarski -style semantics and so on.
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On the Model Theory of Knowledge - An essay by John McCarthy on the use of model theory, with a bias towards knowledge representation. Strong on Kripke models. Singular Propositions - Singular propositions (also called `Russellian propositions') are propositions that are about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by G. W. Fitch. The Theory of Abstract Objects - Web resource provided by Edward Zalta, centering upon his `Principia Metaphysica', a general calculus for the expression of theories of abstract objects. Includes a tutorial section. Sellars-Harman Correspondence - Correspondence between Wilfrid Sellars and Gilbert Harman on truth. Illuminating discussion on the issue of whether a Tarskian semantics provides an adequate basis for a correspondence theory of truth.
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