Logic & Natural Language: On Plural Reference and Its Semantic and Logical Significance - Couverture souple

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Ben-Yami, Hanoch

 
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Synopsis

Frege's invention of the predicate calculus has been the most influential event in the history of modern logic. The calculus' place in logic is so central that many philosophers think, in fact, of it when they think of logic. This book challenges the position in contemporary logic and philosophy of language of the predicate calculus claiming that it is based on mistaken assumptions. Ben-Yami shows that the predicate calculus is different from natural language in its fundamental semantic characteristics, primarily in its treatment of reference and quantification, and that as a result the calculus is inadequate for the analysis of the semantics and logic of natural language.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Hanoch Ben-Yami works in the Philosophy Department at the Central European University of Hungary

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9780754637431: Logic & Natural Language: On Plural Reference and Its Semantic and Logical Significance

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ISBN 10 :  0754637433 ISBN 13 :  9780754637431
Editeur : Routledge, 2004
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