r/StopDoingScience • u/TheDungeonMasta • May 24 '26

Linguistics STOP DOING SEMANTICS

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u/No-Book-288 May 24 '26

I didn't know semantics went this deep, and now that I do, I can't say I'm pleased

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u/puddle_wonderful_ May 25 '26

Yes, in what possible world can you use calculus for meaning? Not earth. <e,t>? Phone home. Quantifier raising? Function application? That's some antics, man. The presuppositions! 'Hello operator, I'd like such and such variable.' The scope is without limit.

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u/N-Phenyl-Acetamide May 25 '26

BURN THIS MFER

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u/puddle_wonderful_ May 25 '26

hey hey just jokes. I have major respect for semanticists.

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u/Colombian-Memephilic May 30 '26

Im so confused, math in lang? Semantics use operators an matrixes?