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[from 'Foundations without Foundationalism' by Stewart Shapiro, in 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form ]

Full Idea

It is sometimes difficult to find a formula that is a suitable counterpart of a particular sentence of natural language, and there is no acclaimed criterion for what counts as a good, or even acceptable, 'translation'.

Gist of Idea

Finding the logical form of a sentence is difficult, and there are no criteria of correctness

Source

Stewart Shapiro (Foundations without Foundationalism [1991], 1.1)

Book Reference

Shapiro,Stewart: 'Foundations without Foundationalism' [OUP 1991], p.3