“Semantic Relationism”
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“Semantic Relationism” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops a relational approach to semantic content, especially concerning names, variables, and coreference.
All labels observed (1)
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| “Semantic Relationism” canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Semantic Relationism” Context triple: [Kit Fine, hasWritten, “Semantic Relationism”]
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A.
The Varieties of Reference
The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
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B.
“Identity and Predication”
“Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
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C.
On Sense and Reference
On Sense and Reference is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that distinguishes between the sense (meaning) and reference (denotation) of linguistic expressions, profoundly influencing analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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D.
The Logic of Relatives
The Logic of Relatives is a seminal work by Charles Sanders Peirce that develops a formal theory of relations, significantly advancing the foundations of modern logic and mathematics.
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E.
A Theory of Objects
A Theory of Objects is a foundational book in theoretical computer science that develops a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding object-oriented programming and type systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Semantic Relationism” Target entity description: “Semantic Relationism” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops a relational approach to semantic content, especially concerning names, variables, and coreference.
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A.
The Varieties of Reference
The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
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B.
“Identity and Predication”
“Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
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C.
On Sense and Reference
On Sense and Reference is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that distinguishes between the sense (meaning) and reference (denotation) of linguistic expressions, profoundly influencing analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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D.
The Logic of Relatives
The Logic of Relatives is a seminal work by Charles Sanders Peirce that develops a formal theory of relations, significantly advancing the foundations of modern logic and mathematics.
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E.
A Theory of Objects
A Theory of Objects is a foundational book in theoretical computer science that develops a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding object-oriented programming and type systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
account for differences in cognitive significance between co-referential terms
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provide a unified treatment of names and variables ⓘ show that semantic relations can be primitive in theory of content ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
purely Fregean accounts of sense
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purely referential accounts of names ⓘ |
| author | Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
formal semantics
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metaphysics of content ⓘ |
| critiques |
purely object-based accounts of content
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standard model-theoretic treatments of variables ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
coordination between occurrences of expressions
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coordination of semantic values ⓘ relational semantic content ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
binding and variable assignment
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problems of coreference ⓘ semantic differences between co-referential expressions ⓘ semantic role of variables ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
fine-grained individuation of content
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logical representation of coordination ⓘ treatment of co-referring names ⓘ treatment of variable occurrences in logical form ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
Frege’s puzzle about identity statements
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semantic explanation of co-reference data ⓘ substitution failures in intensional contexts ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPosition |
that semantic relations can hold directly between expressions
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that some semantic facts are not reducible to properties of individual expressions ⓘ |
| influencedField |
analytic philosophy
NERFINISHED
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formal philosophy of language ⓘ logic and semantics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
coreference
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names in semantics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ semantic content ⓘ semantics ⓘ variables in semantics ⓘ |
| proposesView | that semantic content can be irreducibly relational ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Kit Fine’s work on metaphysics
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Kit Fine’s work on semantic theory ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
relational semantics
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semantic relationism ⓘ |
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