For those of you interested in following up on our previous episode, Martin Stokhof has a number of papers on the topics we discussed.
On Wittgenstein and formal semantics, you can check out:
‘The Architecture of Meaning: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus and Formal Semantics,’ Martin Stokhof
‘Formal Semantics and Wittgenstein: An Alternative,’ Martin Stokhof
On the distinction between abstraction and idealization, see:
‘Abstractions and Idealisations: The Construction of Modern Linguistics,’ Martin Stokhof & Michiel van Lambalgen
And on the philosophical import of formal languages, take a look at:
‘Hand or Hammer? On Formal and Natural Languages in Semantics,’ Martin Stokhof
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