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A Montagovian Version of Kaplan’s Frege-Churches

by
Thomas Ede Zimmermann
Department of Linguistics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, 60629 Frankfurt, Germany
Philosophies 2026, 11(5), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies11050163
Submission received: 12 June 2026 / Revised: 18 August 2026 / Accepted: 25 August 2026 / Published: 15 September 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Logical Linguistic Legacy of Montague Grammar)

Abstract

This paper compares two approaches to intensionality within possible-worlds semantics between which Montague seems to have wavered: Frege’s distinction between extensional and intensional environments and Russell’s one-layered proposition-based account. It is shown that the Fregean framework can be embedded within the more restrictive Russelllian ontology by a variation of David Kaplan’s Russelling construction that is fully definable in Montague’s intensional type logic and lends itself to compositional semantic analysis.
Keywords: intensional type logic; Frege; Russell; Russelling; Montague; Kaplan intensional type logic; Frege; Russell; Russelling; Montague; Kaplan

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Zimmermann, T.E. A Montagovian Version of Kaplan’s Frege-Churches. Philosophies 2026, 11, 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies11050163

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Zimmermann TE. A Montagovian Version of Kaplan’s Frege-Churches. Philosophies. 2026; 11(5):163. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies11050163

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Zimmermann, Thomas Ede. 2026. "A Montagovian Version of Kaplan’s Frege-Churches" Philosophies 11, no. 5: 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies11050163

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Zimmermann, T. E. (2026). A Montagovian Version of Kaplan’s Frege-Churches. Philosophies, 11(5), 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies11050163

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