Semantics
Semantics
(1) “The studv of the relation of signs to the objects to which the signs are applicable” (C. W. Morris). A department of semiotic.
(2) The study of signs and symbolism. In this sense equivalent to semiotic (q.v.). — M.B.
The theory of the relation between the formulas of an interpreted logistic system (semantical system in Carnap’s terminology) and their meanings. See Name relation; Semiotic 2; and Truth, semantical. — A.C.
C. W. Morris, Foundations of the Theory of Signs, International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, vol. 1, no 2, Chicago, 1938. R. Carnap. Foundations of Logic and Mathematics, International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, vol 1, no 3, Chicago, 1939.