Mental models, model-theoretic semantics, and the psychosemantic conception of truth

Shira Elqayam

Philosophia Scientiae (2005)

  • Volume: 9, Issue: 2, page 259-278
  • ISSN: 1281-2463

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Elqayam, Shira. "Mental models, model-theoretic semantics, and the psychosemantic conception of truth." Philosophia Scientiae 9.2 (2005): 259-278. <http://eudml.org/doc/103755>.

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