Logic & Natural Language: On Plural Reference and Its Semantic and Logical Significance (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy) - Tapa dura

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Ben-Yami, Hanoch

 
9780754637431: Logic & Natural Language: On Plural Reference and Its Semantic and Logical Significance (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy)
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ISBN 10: 0754637433 ISBN 13: 9780754637431
Editorial: Routledge, 2004

Sinopsis

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. Ben-Yami develops both an alternative analysis of the semantics of natural language and an alternative deductive system comparable in its deductive power to first order predicate calculus but more adequate than it for the representation of the logic of natural language. Ben-Yami's book is a revolutionary challenge to classical first order predicate calculus, casting doubt on many of the central claims of modern logic.

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

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0754637433
ISBN 13 
9780754637431
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
168
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