Natural deduction rules for English
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Frederic B. Fitch
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Article
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1973
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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A system of natural deduction rules is proposed for an idealized form of English. The rules presuppose a sharp distinction between proper names and such expressions as 'the c', 'a (an) c', 'some c', 'any c', and 'every e', where 'c' represents a common noun. These latter expressions are called quant