State-spaces and meaning relations among
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Frank Arntzenius
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Article
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1991
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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It has often been suggested that the meaning of terms is theory dependent. Bas van Fraassen has proposed a particular way of inferring which sentences are true in virtue of meaning, given a theory in so-called "state-space format". I examine his claims by means of simple examples.