Vergauwen, A Metalogical Theory of Reference, Introduction, §14

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Roger Vergauwen

A Metalogical Theory of Reference: Realism and Essentialism in Semantics

Introduction: the Temperature of a Hot Topic

§14 The Ontology of the Twilight Zone

With his new theory, Vergauwen will "unveil" a realist ontology from the "twilight zone" lying between (meta)logic, language philosophy, and epistemology. We learned that this theory involves a formal system's metalogical properties. This gives us hope for a logical approach to intentionality. It also suggest that we might incorporate this logical intentionality into a wider reference theory. This broader theory presupposes that language's unity with the world is paradoxically based on the necessary difference between the two.

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Vergauwen, Roger. A Metalogical Theory of Reference: Realism and Essentialism in Semantics. London: University Press of America, 1993.