On the compositional extension problem

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 549-582

  Dag, Westerståhl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compositional extension; Compositionality; Fregean extension; Husserl property; Partial algebra; Term algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949088492     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LOGI.0000046069.01088.0b     Document Type: Article

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