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In Chap. 8 referential semantics was shown to fit a computer programming language since the meaning of a word could be related to the bit as an object in the machine. This is not the complete story. This is because computer languages have a dual semantics in that the program signs (e.g. the names/labels given to data items, procedures and sub-routines) at the highest level also have referents in the world other than the computer.
The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all
Oscar Wild (1854–1900)
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Addis, T. (2014). Irrational Reasoning. In: Natural and Artificial Reasoning. Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11286-2_9
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