Publications

Publication details [#4743]

Hintikka, Jaakko. 1976. The semantics of questions and the questions of semantics. Acta Philosophica Fennica 28 (4) : 1–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

game theory | logic | meaning theory | question

Annotation

Main claims: instead of traditional formal logic, game theory provides an appropriate model for the semantic description of questions; questions of language use cannot be excluded from semantics.

Reviewed by

Harrah, David. 1979. Review of $The semantics of questions and the questions of semantics.