Predicate logic syntax Translations between natural and formal language Polyadic logic The identity predicate Reading: Sections 6.1 and 6.2 in Henle. Reading: Chapter 11 on sentential logic in Logical ...

In sum, the lexical predicate (a lexical item) and its arguments can be modified by a lexical predicate (an adverb or adverbial in the syntax) or by an operator such as TENSE. 2. The Noun Phrase -- ...

van Fraassen. "Logic and the philosophy of science." SCHEDULE. Background to logical syntax Russell, "On scientific method in philosophy" Russell, "The relation of sense data to physics" Schlick, ...

The backbone of this seminar will be classical first-order predicate logic. You should know what it is, but we will learn the meta-theoretical results along the way. I do not plan to talk about (1) ...