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Aristotelian syllogisms and generalized quantifiers

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The paper elaborates two points: i) There is no principal opposition between predicate logic and adherence to subject-predicate form, ii) Aristotle's treatment of quantifiers fits well into a modern study of generalized quantifiers.

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    Dag Westerståhl

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Westerståhl, D. Aristotelian syllogisms and generalized quantifiers. Studia Logica 48, 577–585 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370209

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