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We want to contribute to the development of a logical machinery for processing structurally opaque languages (e.g., natural languages) by refining the instruments of Situation Theory (Barwise and Perry, 1983; Barwise and Cooper, 1994). We think that previous ventures, such as Discourse Representation Theory (DRT) (Kamp, 1981), and File Change Semantics (Heim, 1982; 1983), have certain shortcomings that Situation Theory may overcome.
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Polós, L., Masuch, M. (1995). Information States in Situation Theory. In: Pólos, L., Masuch, M. (eds) Applied Logic: How, What and Why. Synthese Library, vol 247. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8533-0_8
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