Handbook of philosophical logic. Vol. IV: Topics in the philosophy of language (Q1188526)

[The articles of this volume will be announced individually in Math-Database.] The first three parts of this textbook have been reviewed: Volume I (1983) in Zbl 0538.03001, Volume II (1984) in Zbl 0572.03003, Volume III (1986) in Zbl 0603.03001. The present volume contains the following contributions: IV. 1 \textit{Dag Westerståhl}, ``Quantifiers in formal and natural languages'' (pp. 1-131); IV.2 \textit{George Bealer} and \textit{Uwe Mönnich}, ``Property theories'' (pp. 133-251); IV.3 \textit{Nino B. Cocchiarella}, ``Philosophical perspectives on formal theories of predication'' (pp. 253-326); IV.4 \textit{Francis Jeffry Pelletier} and \textit{Lenhart K. Schubert}, ``Mass expressions'' (pp. 327-407); IV.5 \textit{Nathan Salmon}, ``Reference and information contents: names and descriptions'' (pp. 409-461); IV.6 \textit{Graeme Forbes}, ``Indexicals'' (pp. 463-490); IV.7 \textit{Rainer Bäuerle} and \textit{Max J. Cresswell}, ``Propositional attitudes'' (pp. 491-512); IV.8 \textit{Steven T. Kuhn}, ``Tense and time'' (pp. 513-552); \textit{Scott Soames}, ``Presupposition'' (pp. 553-616); \textit{Albert Visser}, ``Semantics and the liar paradox'' (pp. 617-706). A name index and a subject index, covering the contributions of this volume only, complete the work. Indexed articles: \textit{Westerståhl, Dag}, Quantifiers in formal and natural languages, 1-131 [Zbl 0875.03079] \textit{Bealer, George; Mönnich, Uwe}, Property theories, 133-251 [Zbl 0875.03075] \textit{Cocchiarella, Nino B.}, Philosophical perspectives on formal theories of prediction, 253-326 [Zbl 0875.03024] \textit{Pelletier, Francis Jeffry; Schubert, Lenhart K.}, Mass expressions, 327-407 [Zbl 0875.03022] \textit{Salmon, Nathan}, Reference and information content: Names and descriptions, 409-461 [Zbl 0875.03029] \textit{Forbes, Graeme}, Indexicals, 463-490 [Zbl 0875.03074] \textit{Bäuerle, Rainer; Cresswell, M. J.}, Propositional attitudes, 491-512 [Zbl 0875.03028] \textit{Kuhn, Steven T.}, Tense and time, 513-552 [Zbl 0875.03031] \textit{Soames, Scott}, Presupposition, 553-616 [Zbl 0875.03026] \textit{Visser, Albert}, Semantics and the liar paradox, 617-706 [Zbl 0875.03030]