El análisis lógico de la predicación colectiva
ISSN: 0011-1503
Year of publication: 2006
Volume: 38
Issue: 114
Pages: 21-44
Type: Article
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Abstract
In this paper I investigate the logical analysis of statements in which a predicate applies collectively to a plurality of subjects. The standard treatment of such cases in first-order logic is not completely satisfactory, and the search for alternative modes of representation opens up interesting perspectives. I concentrate on the introduction of multigrade predicates, pointing out a number of weaknesses in the current literature on the subject. I argue that the collective/distributive opposition must be located in the logical structure of the statement in question.