On the Philosophy of Logic

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ISBN: 9780495008880

ISBN-10: 0495008885

ISBN-13: 9780495008880

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jennifer Fisher

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Jennifer Fisher's ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC explores questions about logic often overlooked by philosophers. Which of the many different logics available to us is right? How would we know? What makes a logic right in the first place? Is logic really a good guide to human reasoning? An ideal companion text for any course in symbolic logic, this lively and accessible book explains important logical concepts, introduces classical logic and its problems and alternatives, and reveals the rich and interesting philosophical issues that arise in exploring the fundamentals of logic. THE WADSWORTH PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS SERIES (under the general editorship of Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University)…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Logic


Introduction: What is Logic?



Formal Logic-an Introduction



Reasoning, Inference, Arguments, and Logic



A Little History: Aristotelian Logic



Modern Logic: Frege's Insight



An Overview of Classical Logic



Truth Tables



Rules of Inference and Valid and Invalid Argument Forms


Interlude



What is Truth?



The Problem with Truth



Three Theories of Truth



Correspondence Theories



Coherence Theories



Deflationary Theories



Truth and Logic


Philosophy of Logic



Three Distinctions



Syntax and Semantics



Form and Content



Logical Consequence and Logical Truth



Quantifiers and Identity



Quantifiers, Vacuous Names, and the Problem of Non-Being



Identity and Definite Descriptions



Modal Logic



Necessity and Possibility



Other Modalities



Possible Worlds



But is it Logic?



Bivalence



Fatalism and Future Contingents



Vagueness



The Conditional



The Problematic Material Conditional



Conditional Logics and Possible Worlds



Relevance Logic



Relevance Logics and the Failure of Disjunctive Syllogism



Two Logical Truths



Intuitionism, Realism, and the Law of the Excluded Middle



Paraconsistent Logics, Dialetheism, and the Principle of Non-Contradiction



How True Are logical Truths?



Quantum Logic



Physics and Quantum Mechanics



Quantum Logic



Problems with Quantum Logic


Interlude



Which Logic is Right?



Not Tonk



Making Sense of the Title Question of this Chapter


Some Traditional Philosophical Questions Raised by Logic



The Metaphysics of Logic



Making Sense of Logical Facts



Psychologism



Conventionalism



Rationalism



Giving Up Trying to Make Sense of Logical Facts



The Epistemology of Logic



A Traditional Distinction



Justifying Logic



Revising Logic



A More Positive Note



Rationality and Logic



The Wason Selection Task (Again)



The Irrelevance of Logic



Beyond Logic



Why Bother?


Further Readings


Glossary