Logic for Philosophy

Name: Logic for Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780199575589

ISBN-10: 0199575584

ISBN-13: 9780199575589

Edition: 2010

Authors: Theodore Sider

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Logic for Philosophy is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. It is suitable both for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in philosophy. It covers (i) basic approaches to logic, including proof theory and especially model theory, (ii) extensions of standard logic that are important in philosophy, and (iii) some elementary philosophy of logic. It emphasizes breadth rather than depth. For example, it discusses modal logicand counterfactuals, but does not prove the central metalogical results for predicate logic (completeness, undecidability, etc.) Its goal is to introduce students to the logic they need to know in order to read contemporary…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 1/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Nature of Logic



Propositional Logic



Beyond Standard Propositional Logic



Predicate Logic



Beyond Standard Predicate Logic



Propositional Modal Logic



Beyond Standard MPL



Counterfactuals



Quantified Modal Logic



Two-dimensional modal logic


Answers and Hints


References


Index