Philosophy and Logic of Predication

Piotr Stalmaszczyk

ISBN 10: 3631669208 / ISBN 13: 9783631669204

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2016, 2016

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Neuware -This book investigates philosophical and formal approaches to predication. The topics discussed include Aristotelian predication, a conceptualist approach to predication, possible formalizations of the notion, Fregean predicates and concepts, and Meinongian predication. The contributions discuss the approaches proposed by Aristotle and Frege, as well as the division of classes into a hierarchy of orders. They reanalyze the traditional notions, and offer new insights into predication theory. This book contributes to contemporary debates on predication and predicates in the philosophy of language. 274 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Philosophy and Logic of Predication
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2016
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631669208
• ISBN 13: 9783631669204
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 216 L x 153 A x 20 P (millimetri) 216 millimetri di larghezza per 153 millimetri di altezza per 20 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 470 grammi

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This book investigates philosophical and formal approaches to predication. The topics discussed include Aristotelian predication, a conceptualist approach to predication, possible formalizations of the notion, Fregean predicates and concepts, and Meinongian predication. The contributions discuss the approaches proposed by Aristotle and Frege, as well as the division of classes into a hierarchy of orders. They reanalyze the traditional notions, and offer new insights into predication theory. This book contributes to contemporary debates on predication and predicates in the philosophy of language.

Informazioni sull?autore

Piotr Stalmaszczyk is a Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Lodz (Poland), where he holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics. His research is concerned predominantly with linguistic methodology and the philosophy of language and linguistics.