Philosophy of Syntax Foundational Topics
This book is intended as a preliminary work for a uniform description of language, especially overall organization and architecture of grammar and its connection with semantics. An array of general logical intuitions, concerning the initial requirements f
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TRENDS IN LOGIC Studia Logica Library VOLUME 29 Managing Editor Ryszard W´ojcicki, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Editors Wieslaw Dziobiak, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, U.S.A. Vincent F. Hendricks, Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark Daniele Mundici, Department of Mathematics “Ulisse Dini”, University of Florence, Italy Ewa Orłowska, National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland Krister Segerberg, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden Heinrich Wansing, Institute of Philosophy, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
SCOPE OF THE SERIES Trends in Logic is a bookseries covering essentially the same area as the journal Studia Logica – that is, contemporary formal logic and its applications and relations to other disciplines. These include artificial intelligence, informatics, cognitive science, philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language. However, this list is not exhaustive, moreover, the range of applications, comparisons and sources of inspiration is open and evolves over time. Volume Editor Ryszard W´ojcicki
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6645
Mieszko Tapasiewicz
Philosophy of Syntax Foundational Topics
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Dr. Mieszko Tapasiewicz University of Warsaw Institute of Philosophy Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3 00-927 Warszawa Poland [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3287-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3288-1 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3288-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937294 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................1
1.1 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.3
Epistemological Background of the Problem of Syntax............................1 Language of Logic and Language of Linguistics ......................................2 The ‘Haughtiness’ of Logic.......................................................................5 The ‘Pretentiousness’ of Linguistics .........................................................7 Towards a General Perspective ...............................................................12
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SYNTAX.................................................................................................17
2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2
The Functoriality Principle.................................................................
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