Godel’s Slingshot

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:describedBy Gödel’s 1944 paper on Russell’s mathematical logic
gptkbp:effect philosophy of logic
theories of reference
semantic theories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Godel’s Slingshot
gptkbp:implies questions the adequacy of certain semantic theories
challenges the distinction between facts and objects
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alfred_North_Whitehead
gptkb:Alfred_Tarski
gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Alfred_Tarski
gptkb:Kurt_Gödel
gptkb:logic
philosophy of language
reference
truth
definite descriptions
gptkbp:sometimesCalled the Slingshot Argument
gptkbp:usedIn debates about the correspondence theory of truth
discussions of the nature of facts
arguments about the reducibility of facts to objects
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Philosophical_Significance_of_Godel’s_Slingshot_(2001)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8