Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar
โ Scribed by P. F. Strawson
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 125
- Edition
- Revised
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
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