ISBN:
9781315250267
,
1315250268
,
9781351921527
,
1351921525
,
9781351921510
,
1351921517
,
9781351921534
,
1351921533
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (168 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
Series Statement:
Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.2301
Keywords:
Grammar, Comparative and general Number
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Grammar, Comparative and general Quantifiers
;
Reference (Linguistics)
;
Language and logic
;
PHILOSOPHY / General
Abstract:
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I Plural Referring Expressions: Plural referring expressions in natural language; Common nouns as plural referring expressions; The sources of the analysis of referring nouns as predicates; Reference. Part II Quantification: Quantification: natural language versus the predicate calculus; Multiple quantification; Pronouns, variables, and bound anaphors. Part III A deductive system for natural language: Derivation rules and consistency; Applications I: Aristotelian logic; Applications II: beyond Aristotelian logic. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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