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    Challenges→Discourse Representation Theory (DRT) provides a better account of attitudes than purely model-theoretic or purely sententialist approaches

    Adding a representational level to model-theoretic semantics produces a hybrid that violates theoretical parsimony without demonstrably increasing explanatory power over refined single-framework accounts.

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    Hybrid(Used as a contrast case to philosophical concept-coincidence)
    A thing that is part one kind and part another, such as a centaur (part man, part horse) or the platypus (part mammal, part oviparous).
    Model-theoretic semantics(describes the method Hintikka used)
    A way of understanding meaning by creating logical models or representations—think of it like building a mathematical picture of a situation to see what must be true in it.
    Representational level(in semantic theory)
    The level of analysis concerned with how meanings are internally represented or structured in formal systems, as opposed to how they appear on the surface.
    Single-framework accounts(in philosophy of language and logic)
    An explanation that uses just one unified system or approach rather than mixing multiple different systems together.

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    Theoretical parsimony(as used in philosophy of science and logic)
    The preference for simpler explanations and theories that use fewer assumptions or concepts, even if they're less complete.
    explanatory power(Socratic definition)
    The capacity of a defining feature to explain why instances of the thing defined have that property (e.g., why reverent people or actions are reverent).
    semantics(Distinguished from metasemantics and pragmatics in Kaplan 1989)
    The domain that concerns the facts about what meanings words or phrases have.

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