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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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.