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(2018) Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics, Dordrecht, Springer.
Quantifiers
Hintikka and Frege on quantification concepts
María J. Frápolli, Neftalí Villanueva
pp. 279-298
Hintikka's semantic approach to meaning, a development of Wittgenstein's view of meaning as use, is the general theme of this chapter. We will focus on the analysis of quantified sentences and on the scope of the principle of compositionality and compare Hintikka's take on these issues with that of Frege. The aim of this paper is to show that Hintikka's analysis of quantified expressions as choice functions, in spite of its obvious dissimilarities with respect to the higher-order approach, is actually very close to the Fregean stance on compositionality and context dependence. In particular, we will defend that the Fregean approach to quantifiers is unavoidably linked to the idea that quantified expressions are context-dependent, and therefore should not be conceived under the traditional inside-out model for analysis.
Publication details
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_11
Full citation:
Frápolli, M. J. , Villanueva, N. (2018)., Quantifiers: Hintikka and Frege on quantification concepts, in H. Van Ditmarsch & P. Sandu (eds.), Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 279-298.
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