Subject-predicate calculus free from existential import (Q800907)

Classical predicate calculus contains essentially but one category, namely that of predicate. The calculi constructed by the author, on the other hand, are of a different type called subject-predicate. Involved is a syntactic category which is unusual for predicate calculus, namely with general names being used at the subject place. Two such subject-predicate calculi, with equality, are presented as systems of natural deduction. Both are free logics allowing interpretations on impossible objects, or objects which do not exist in a certain ontology. First-order predicate logic and certain of Aristotle's syllogistics are shown to be definable within the presented calculi.