?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=DOI%3A+10.1086%2F656007&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Semantic+Holism+in+Scientific+Language&rft.creator=Andreas%2C+Holger&rft.subject=Logical+Positivism%2FLogical+Empiricism&rft.description=Whether+or+not+meaning+is+compositional+has+been+a+major+issue+in+linguistics+and+formal+philosophy+of+language+for+the+last+two+decades.+Semantic+holism+is+widely+and+plausibly+considered+as+an+objection+to+the+principle+of+semantic+compositionality+therein.+It+comes+as+a+surprise+that+the+holistic+peculiarities+of+scientific+language+have+been+rarely++addressed+in+formal+accounts+so+far%2C+given+that+semantic+holism+has+its+roots+in+the+philosophy+of+science.+For+this+reason%2C+a+model-theoretic+approach+to+semantic+holism+in+the+language+of+science+is+presented+here.+This+approach+preserves+compositionality+to+a+large+extent.++%0D%0A&rft.date=2010-10&rft.type=Published+Article&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9583%2F1%2Fholism_PSA_final.pdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F10.1086%2F656007&rft.identifier=Andreas%2C+Holger+(2010)+Semantic+Holism+in+Scientific+Language.+[Published+Article]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9583%2