A NOTE ON PLURAL LOGIC

• Authors: Fernandez Diez Gustavo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A distinction is introduced between 'itemized' and 'non-itemized' plural predication. It is argued that a full-fledged system of plural logic is not necessary in order to account for the validity of inferences concerning 'itemized' collective predication. Instead, it is shown how this type of inferences can be adequately dealt with in a first-order logic system, after small modifications on the standard treatment. The proposed system, unlike plural logic, has the advantage of preserving completeness. And as a result, inferences such as 'Dick and Tony emptied the bottle, hence Tony and Dick emptied the bottle' are shown to be first-order.

Keywords

EN

COMPOUND TERMS; ITEMIZED PREDICATION; PLURAL LOGIC; SINGULAR LOGIC

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 150-162
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Fernandez Diez Gustavo

• Gustavo Fernandez Diez, Department of Philosophy, University of Murcia, P.O. Box 4021, E-30071 Murcia, Spain

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA090521