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Knowing-who in quantified epistemic logic
pp. 109-129
Abstract
This article proposes an account of knowing-who constructions within a generalisation of Hintikka's (Knowledge and belief. Cornell UP, Ithaca, MA, [10]) quantified epistemic logic employing the notion of a conceptual cover Aloni PhD thesis [1]. The proposed logical system captures the inherent context-sensitivity of knowing-wh constructions Boër and Lycan (Knowing Who. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, [5]), as well as expresses non-trivial cases of so-called concealed questions Heim (Semantics from different points of view. Springer, Berlin, [9]). Assuming that quantifying into epistemic contexts and knowing-who are linked in the way Hintikka had proposed, the context dependence of the latter will translate into a context dependence of de re attitude ascriptions and this will result in a ready account of a number of traditionally problematic cases including Quine's well-known double vision puzzles Quine (The ways of Paradox and other essays. Random House, New York, [16]).
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van Ditmarsch Hans, Sandu Paul-Gabriel (2018) Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 109-129
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_4
Full citation:
Aloni Maria (2018) „Knowing-who in quantified epistemic logic“, In: H. Van Ditmarsch & P.-G. Sandu (eds.), Jaakko Hintikka on knowledge and game-theoretical semantics, Dordrecht, Springer, 109–129.