What Logics Mean From Proof Theory to Model-Theoretic Semantics

Name: What Logics Mean From Proof Theory to Model-Theoretic Semantics
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ISBN: 9781107611962

ISBN-10: 1107611962

ISBN-13: 9781107611962

Edition: 2013

Authors: James W. Garson

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What do the rules of logic say about the meanings of the symbols they govern? In this book, James W. Garson examines the inferential behaviour of logical connectives (such as 'and', 'or', 'not' and 'if ... then'), whose behavior is defined by strict rules, and proves definitive results concerning exactly what those rules express about connective truth conditions. He explores the ways in which, depending on circumstances, a system of rules may provide no interpretation of a connective at all, or the interpretation we ordinarily expect for it, or an unfamiliar or novel interpretation. He also shows how the novel interpretations thus generated may be used to help analyse philosophical problems…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.69" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English