Descriptive sign

Descriptive sign

In the terminology of Rudolf Carnap, a descriptive sign is a non-logical symbol in a logical calculus, which has been assigned a certain type of interpretation. The term is not well defined, but examples of descriptive signs given by Carnap are names of physical single objects, or observable properties.


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