The Logic of Common Nouns: An Investigation in Quantified Modal Logic

by Anil Gupta

The author's aim in this essay is to explore the logical role of an important class of concepts- concepts that are expressed by common nouns- in a fragment of our conceptual scheme.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 1980

About the author

Anil Gupta is Alan Ross Anderson Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.