On the Semantic Definition of Logical Consequence
Abstract
Model Theory generally assumes the definition of logical consequence proffered by Tarski in 1936. John Etchemendy (1990) suggests that Tarski’s definition contains a fallacy, from which an interesting controversy ensued about the definition and its meaning. The main points in discussion are summarized and it is suggested that the controversy is based on a misunderstanding of the intentions of Etchemendy’s criticism: the target is not so much Tarski’s definition, but that it offers an insufficient foundation for Model Theory.
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*Traducción de artículos publicados originalmente en polaco («O pojęciu wynikania logicznego», Przegląd Filozoficzny 39, 1936, pp. 58-68) y en alemán («Über den Begriff der logischen Folgerung», en Actes du Congrès International de Philosophie Scientifique, Sorbonne, Paris, 1935 (Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles 394) (VII, 1-11), Paris, Hermann,1936) y cotejados contra la traducción previa al inglés (Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics. Papers from 1923 to 1938, trans. J. H. Woodger, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1956; 2a. edición, Indianapolis: Hackett, 1983) por Magda Stroińska y David Hitchcock. Un glosario sobre la traducción del
polaco al inglés y viceversa, vide: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~hitchckd/glossaries.htm
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