Meaning and Necessity
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| Author | Rudolf Carnap |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Studies in Semantics |
| Subjects | Semantics Modal logic |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 258 (1964 fourth impression) |
| ISBN | 978-0226093475 |
Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (1947; enlarged edition 1956) is a book about semantics and modal logic by the philosopher Rudolf Carnap. The book, in which Carnap discusses the nature of linguistic expressions, was a continuation of his previous work in semantics in Introduction to Semantics (1942) and Formalization of Logic (1943). Considered an important discussion of semantics, it was influential and provided a basis for further developments in modal logic.
A particularly famous further development in semantics and modal logic, Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity, is titled as a reference to Carnap's book.