Words without Objects: Semantics, Ontology, and Logic for Non-Singularity

Introduction 1. A proposed semantical solution to the so-called 'problem of mass nouns' 2. In thrall to the idea of The One 3. Non-count descriptions and non-singularity 4. Quantification and its discontents 5. The Ideal Language project and the non-discrete Appendix I: Atomism Appendix II: Substances and physical objects: Quine's labyrinth Appendix III: Reductive approaches to non-singularity Appendix IV: The gradual transition from count nouns to pure non-count nouns