A01=Hanoch Ben-Yami
alternative to predicate calculus
anaphora resolution
Anaphoric Noun Phrases
Author_Hanoch Ben-Yami
Begriff Und Gegenstand
Bound Anaphors
Category=QDTK
Common Nouns
Definite Noun Phrase
Derivation Rules
Die Algebra Der Logik
Die Grundlagen Der Arithmetik
Donkey Anaphora
E-type Pronoun
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Frege's Analysis
Indefinite Noun Phrase
language philosophy
Logical Relations
Natural Kind Terms
natural language
natural language inference
Noun Phrases
Order Predicate Calculus
philosophy of mathematics
plural expressions analysis
Plural Reference
Predicate Calculus
Propositional Combinations
Quantified Noun Phrases
Quantified Sentence
quantifier semantics
reference theory
Referential Import
Restricted Quantifiers
semantics
Substitution Rule
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780754637431
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Dr Hanoch Ben-Yami works in the Philosophy Department at the Central European University of Hungary
