Exhibiting interpretational and representational validity

• Published in: Synthese (Dordrecht) Vol. 191; no. 7; pp. 1349 - 1373
• Main Author: Baumgartner, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.05.2014; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cognition & reasoning; Education; Epistemology; Formalization; Language translation; Logic; Logic of Language; Mathematical validity; Metaphysics; Modal realism; Model theory; Natural Language; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Predicates; Sublanguages; Truth condition; Verbalization; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Interpretational validity; Logical validity; Representational validity; Logical formalization; Etchemendy; Argument reconstruction

A natural language argument may be valid in at least two nonequivalent senses: it may be interpretationally or representationally valid (Etchemendy in The concept of logical consequence. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1990). Interpretational and representational validity can both be formally e...