Semantic closure, descriptions and non-triviality

Authors
Citation
G. Priest, Semantic closure, descriptions and non-triviality, J PHILOS LO, 28(6), 1999, pp. 549-558
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Philosiphy
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
ISSN journal
00223611 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
549 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3611(199912)28:6<549:SCDAN>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
It is known that a semantically closed theory with description may well be trivial if the principles concerning denotation and descriptions are formul ated in certain ways, even it the underlying logic is paraconsistent. This paper establishes the non-triviality of a semantically closed theory with a natural, but non-extensional, description operator.