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1、OntheLogicofComplexParticularsWilfridSellarsMind,NewSeries,Vol.58,No.231.(Jul.,1949),pp.306-338.StableURL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-4423%28194907%292%3A58%3A231%3C306%3AOTLOCP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8MindiscurrentlypublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress.YouruseoftheJS
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5、orgSatMay1201:02:03200711.-ONTHELOGICOFCOMPLEXPARTICULARSTHEpurposeofthispaperistoraisecertainissuesrelatingtotheconceptofpredication,and,havingdoneso,todevelopa.schemaforclarifyingthem.Putsomewhatdifferently,itsaimistoshow,byanexaminationoftherolesplayedincontemp
6、oraryanalyticphilosophybythepropositionalfunctionorform'f(z)',thatcertainpersistentconfusionshavepreventedtheresourcesofmodernlogicaltheoryfromprovidingafullclari-ficationofthelogicalstructureofthelanguageinwhichwespeakabouttheworld.Moreprecisely,afterapreliminary
7、dialecticalexplorationoftheterrain,itwillgraduallyfocusattentiononthreerolesplayedbythisform,inanattempttoshowthatexpressionsofthisdesignareactuallyusedtorepresentthreeradicallydifferenttypesoflogicalstructure.Ofthesethreetypesofstructure,twocanbebrieflyindicateda
8、sfollows:(1)Atomicpropositions,thus'+(a)',where'a'isanunderivedindividualconstant,and'4'aprimitivede-scriptivepredicate,ofthelanguagetowhichtheybelong.(