Strawson has supplied a new introduction for this reissue of his modern classic, originally published in 1974. This text explores two conceptions of subject and predicate; one of which lies at the core of standard logic and another more closely relates to surface forms of natural language.
Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar.
โ Scribed by Strawson, P. F.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 133
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Contents: Preface
Introduction
Part I The subject in logic: The 'basic combination': Some formal differences
Spatio-temporal particulars and general concepts
Propositional combination: a tripartition of function
Formal differences explained for the basic case
The generalization of the form
An objection answered
Proper Names - and others: What is the use of them?
Names and identity
Names in the framework of logic: proper names, variable names and descriptive names
General names. Part II The subject in general: Language-types and perspicuous grammars: Essential grammar and variable grammar
Language-types 1 and 2
Language-types 3: relations
Further minor enrichments: space-time indication
Substantiation and its modes: Special case and general function
Some supporting evidence
Modes of substantiation
Further matters: existence
negation
scope
The generalization of the subject: Derivative roles and derivative elements
The generalization of the subject
The fitting in of feature
Further questions. Index.
โฆ Subjects
Subject (Philosophy)
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