On the Logic of Natural Kinds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nino Cocchiarella (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202-222 |
| Publication date | 1976-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/288677 |
| OpenAlex | W1965298178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
A minimal second order modal logic of natural kinds is formulated. Concepts are distinguished from properties and relations in the conceptual-logistic background of the logic through a distinction between free and bound predicate variables. Not all concepts (as indicated by free predicate variables) need have a property or relation corresponding to them (as values of bound predicate variables). Issues pertaining to identity and existence as impredicative concepts are examined and an analysis of mass terms as nominalized predicates for kinds of stuff is proposed. The minimal logic is extendible through a summum genus , an infima species or a partition principle for natural kinds
Discrete mathematics · Epistemology · Infimum and supremum · Modal · Modal logic · Multimodal logic · Predicate (mathematical logic) · Predicate functor logic · Predicate logic · Predicate variable · Programming language · Zeroth-order logic · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Semantic Web and Ontologies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2019 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |