The Logic of Inter-Subjective Quotation

Abstract

The paper considers quotation as an important and often the only means to provide an inter-subjective understanding of a text. The significance of the role played by quotation is demonstrated by a number of historical examples. The author attempts at proposing a logic of quotation which is subsequently analyzed and proved to be a finite system, once quotation recurrence limitation is assumed. Conversely, the number of quotation methods appears to be inconceivably large even for extremely short texts.