Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We investigate how compositionality can be preserved when modeling semantic content within an impossible worlds framework based on linguistic ersatzism. After a critical assessment of an existing technique due to Francesco Berto and Mark Jago, we illustrate how to overcome its limitations. We introduce a general method for recovering compositionality across a broad range of alternative notions of content and synonymy, as induced by the syntactic characterizations of popular conceptivist logics. Finally, we discuss the advantages and limitations of the strategy, and conclude with some further critical remarks on linguistic ersatzism.
Source: Synthese
Authors: Giorgio Lenta, Stefano Pigliacelli
Institutions: University of Genoa, University of Bergen
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4416133158