Philosophy and Logic of Predication

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.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

Philosophy of language Predication Predicate Concept Rule-following Class Procedural semantics Unsaturatedness Aristotle Johan Caspar Sulzer Gottlob Frege Alexius Meinong