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Muskens, Reinhard Anton was born on July 26, 1953 in Moergestel, The Netherlands. Son of Lambert and Anna (Van Bemmelen) Muskens.
(Muskens radically simplifies Montague Semantics and gener...)
Muskens radically simplifies Montague Semantics and generalises the theory by basing it on a partial higher order logic resulting in a theory which combines important aspects of Montague Semantics and Situation Semantics. Richard Montague formulated the revolutionary insight that we can understand the concept of meaning in ordinary languages much in the same way as we understand the semantics of logical languages. Unfortunately, he formalised his idea in an unnecessarily complex way. The present work does away with unnecessary complexities, obtains a streamlined version of the theory, shows how partialising the theory automatically provides us with the most central concepts of Situation Semantics, and offers a simple logical treatment of propositional attitude verbs, perception verbs and proper names.
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Muskens, Reinhard Anton was born on July 26, 1953 in Moergestel, The Netherlands. Son of Lambert and Anna (Van Bemmelen) Muskens.
Master of Arts in Philosophy, Amsterdam University, The Netherlands, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Amsterdam University, The Netherlands, 1989.
With, U. Amsterdam, Holland, 1983-1984; research assistant, MWO, Amsterdam, Holland, 1985-1988; assistant professor, Tilburg (Holland) U., 1988-1991; associate professor, Tilburg (Holland) U., since 1991.
(Muskens radically simplifies Montague Semantics and gener...)
Member European Foundation Logic Language Information, MOL.