Thinking about Logic An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic

Name: Thinking about Logic An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic
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ISBN: 9780192892386

ISBN-10: 019289238X

ISBN-13: 9780192892386

Edition: 1994

Authors: Stephen Read

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In this book, Stephen Read sets out to rescue logic from its undeserved reputation as an inflexible, dogmatic discipline by demonstrating that its technicalities and processes are founded on assumptions which are themselves amenable to philosophical investigation. He examines the fundamental principles of consequence, logical truth and correct inference within the context of logic, and shows that the principles by which we delineate consequences are themselves not guaranteed free from error. Central to the notion of truth is the beguiling issue of paradox. Its philosophical value, Read shows, lies in exposing the invalid assumption on which the paradox is built. Thinking About Logic also…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/23/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.76" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Truth, Pure and Simple: Language and the World


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



The Power of Logic: Logical Consequence


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



To Think but of an If: Theories of Conditionals


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



The Incredulous Stare: Possible Worlds


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



Plato's Beard: on What There is and What There Isn't


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



Well, I'Ll Be Hanged! the Semantic Paradoxes


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



Bald Men Forever: The Sorites Paradox


Summary and Guide to Further Reading



Whose Line is It Anyway? the Constructivist Challenge


Summary and Guide to Further Reading


Select Bibliography


Glossary


Index