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In this Introduction we shall sketch a profile of our field of inquiry. This is necessary because semantics is too often mistaken for lexicography and therefore dismissed as trivial, while at other times it is disparaged for being concerned with reputedly shady characters such as meaning and allegedly defunct ones like truth. Moreover our special concern, the semantics of science, is a newcomer — at least as a systematic body — and therefore in need of an introduction.
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Bunge, M. (1974). Introduction. In: Treatise on Basic Philosophy. Treatise on Basic Philosophy, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9920-2_1
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