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gal2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Jacob Galley) writes:

>Can anyone direct me toward any viable theories of meaning that do not
>postulate that some kind of truth functional logic is at the
>foundation of meaning?

Have you tried the semantic primitives approach advocated by Anna Wierz-
bicka since the late sixties? The fact that it is still around, even
though in a strongly revised format, shows it is surely viable. I have
made her semantic primitives approach part of a semantic framework called
"conceptual axiology", but have not really had the time yet to implement
it to any reasonable extent. Too early to say how "viable" that one is.
I remain hopeful...  :-)

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