‘The Skolemisation of natural language’ and the pluralism of interpretations Cover Image

"Skolemizacja" języka a pluralizm interpretacji
‘The Skolemisation of natural language’ and the pluralism of interpretations

Author(s): Krystian Jobczyk
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Skolem-Löwenheim's theorem; skolemisation of language; intended and unintended models; Henkin's quantifier; Löwenheim's and Hanf's numbers

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers a kind of a critical reflection on the discussion about the philosophy of Skolem-Lowenheim’s theorem between J. Życiński and A. Lemańska. This discussion appeared on the pages of "Studia Philosophiae Christianae" between 1986 and 1988 and focused on the question of the limits of extrapolation of the Skolem–Löwenheim’s theorem outside the area of formalised discourse. The author takes an intermediate position between the “extrapolation’s optimism” of J. Życiński and the “extrapolation’s scepticism” of A. Lemańska.

  • Issue Year: 47/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 12
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Polish