Logic
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Modal Logic for PhilosophersThis book on modal logic is especially designed for philosophy students. It provides an accessible yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications. Every effort is made to simplify the presentation by using diagrams instead of more complex mathematical apparatus. These...
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The Cambridge Companion to WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) is one of the most important and influential philosophers in modern times, but he is also one of the least accessible. In this volume, leading experts chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stages. The...
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The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking: How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You DoThe Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools...
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Aristotelian LogicThis book provides detailed treatment of topics in traditional logic: the theory of terms; the theory of definition; the informal fallacies; and division and classification. Aristotelian Logic teaches techniques for solving semantic problems -- problems caused by confusion over terminology. It teaches the theory...
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Philosophy of Logic: 2nd EditionWith his customary incisiveness, W. V. Quine presents logic as the product of two factors, truth and grammar--but argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the...
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An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic: From If to IsThis revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction, but contains much new material. Part 2 is entirely new,...
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Philosophical Papers: Volume 1, Human Agency and LanguageCharles Taylor has been one of the most original and influential figures in contemporary philosophy: his 'philosophical anthropology' spans an unusually wide range of theoretical interests and draws creatively on both Anglo-American and Continental traditions in philosophy. A selection of his published papers is...
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Philosophical Papers: Volume 2, Mind, Language and RealityProfessor Hilary Putnam has been one of the most influential and sharply original of recent American philosophers in a whole range of fields. His most important published work is collected here, together with several new and substantial studies, in two volumes. The first deals...
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Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability, Volume IThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Logic: The Theory of Formal InferenceGeared toward college undergraduates new to the subject, this concise introduction to formal logic was written by Alice Ambrose and Morris Lazerowitz, a pair of noted scholars and prolific authors in this field. A preliminary section opens the subject under the heading of truth-functions....
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A Preface to LogicOver the past two centuries the field of logic has developed at an explosive pace into new areas far removed from the traditional syllogism and formal proof. The purpose of this well-known introductory treatment is to chart, clearly and lucidly, this new domain of...
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Godel's ProofFrom the Introduction. In 1931 there appeared in a German scientific periodical a relatively short paper with the forbidding title "Uber formal unentscheidbare Satze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme" ("On Formally Undecidable propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems"). Its author was Kurt...
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I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of PhilosophyPaulos uses jokes, stories, parables, and anecdotes to elucidate difficult concepts, in this case, some of the fundamental problems in modern philosophy.Author: John Allen PaulosPublisher: Columbia University PressPublished: 01/11/2000Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 7.02h x 5.01w x 0.44dISBN: 9780231119153Review Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk...
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Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, and SetsThis book is designed to explain the technical ideas that are taken for granted in much contemporary philosophical writing. Notions like "denumerability," "modal scope distinction," "Bayesian conditionalization," and "logical completeness" are usually only elucidated deep within difficult specialist texts. By offering simple explanations that...
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Category TheoryCategory theory is a branch of abstract algebra with incredibly diverse applications. This text and reference book is aimed not only at mathematicians, but also researchers and students of computer science, logic, linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, and any of the other fields in which...
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and LogicMathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case...
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In Defence of Computer Science: from Aristotle to AgileIn this genre-busting book, Dr George conducts a whistle-stop critique of the state of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He rewinds philosophy to ancient Greece, computing to Babbage and physics to the thermodynamics of Lord Kelvin. New foundations are laid in a topological relationship...
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Logical MethodsAn accessible introduction to philosophical logic, suitable for undergraduate courses and above. Rigorous yet accessible, Logical Methods introduces logical tools used in philosophy--including proofs, models, modal logics, meta-theory, two-dimensional logics, and quantification--for philosophy students at the undergraduate level and above. The approach developed by...
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Gödel's Incompleteness TheoremsAuthor: Juliette KennedyPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 05/18/2022Pages: 90Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781108986991This title is not returnable
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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy"The philosophy of mathematics will naturally be expected to deal with questions at the frontier of knowledge, as to which comparative certainty is not yet attained. But separation of such questions is hardly likely to be fruitful unless the more scientific parts of mathematics...
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