Introduction | p. 1 |
Numerical Term Logic | p. 11 |
Logical Notation | p. 11 |
Rudiments of the Notational Extension | p. 11 |
Non-exceptive Occurrences of "At least" and "Fewer than" | p. 16 |
Exact Quantification | p. 20 |
Comparatives | p. 22 |
Fractional Quantities | p. 24 |
Subjective Natural Language Quantifiers | p. 26 |
Inference in NTL | p. 32 |
Quantifier Transformation | p. 32 |
Guaranteed Reference | p. 35 |
Existential Implication | p. 39 |
Distribution | p. 42 |
Mediate Logical Inference: Quantifier Addition | p. 44 |
Algebraic Inference | p. 57 |
Further Developments in NTL | p. 67 |
The Plurivocality of "Some" | p. 67 |
"Only" | p. 68 |
"Most" vs. "The Majority" | p. 70 |
Wild Quantity | p. 72 |
Definite Descriptions | p. 74 |
Subalternation | p. 76 |
Other Systems of Intermediate Quantification | p. 81 |
Bruce Thompson | p. 82 |
Philip Peterson | p. 92 |
Wallace Murphree | p. 99 |
A Note on Generalized Quantifiers | p. 101 |
Conclusion | p. 103 |
Notes | p. 105 |
Bibliography | p. 115 |
Index | p. 117 |
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