Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Karl-Georg Niebergall — Carmelics
    Thinkers/Karl-Georg Niebergall
    KN

    Karl-Georg Niebergall

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic

    Karl-Georg Niebergall is a contemporary German philosopher working primarily in mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and formal philosophy of language. He has contributed to debates on the foundations of formal theories, interpretability, and the ontology of linguistic and logical objects. His work engages closely with technical questions in logic while drawing out their broader philosophical implications.

    Notable Achievements

    1

    Contributed to the study of interpretability relations between formal theories

    2

    Worked on foundational questions in philosophy of mathematics concerning the limits of formal systems

    3

    Engaged with ontological questions about linguistic tokens, inscriptions, and type-token distinctions

    4

    Applied formal methods to philosophical questions about language and representation

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Modality & Possibility

    claim

    The apparent multiplication of word-tokens from a single inscription based on different readings is not a genuine mereological multiplication of entities

    At a Glance

    Ideas

    1

    Topics

    1

    Era

    contemporary

    Tradition

    Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic

    Topic Influence

    Modality & Possibility1

    Related Thinkers

    Edward Zalta1 sharedDavid Lewis1 shared
    Zalta
    1 shared
    Kenny1 shared
    Bertrand Russell1 shared
    Immanuel Kant1 shared
    Plato1 shared
    Theodore Sider1 shared

    Dive Deeper

    Explore Modality & Possibility→