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Copredication, Davidson and Logical Form

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posted on 2025-04-14, 13:55 authored by Daniel MoltoDaniel Molto
This paper offers a novel account of polysemous copredicative sentences. The solution, which it is argued enjoys a number of advantages over the alternative accounts currently on the market, is inspired by Donald Davidson’s first attempt to deal with ambiguity. Specifically, the account involves mapping ambiguities in the object language (in this case polysemous singular terms) onto ambiguities in the metalanguage. If this account is coherent and superior to its rivals, it tells us something important about logical form: the value of logical form does not lie in the elimination all lexical ambiguity.

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  • Published

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Journal

Logic and Logical Philosophy

ISSN

1425-3305

Publisher

Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University

Issue

3

Volume

32

Page range

403-420

Department affiliated with

  • Philosophy Publications

Institution

University of Sussex

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