Logic for philosophy
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Logic for philosophy
Oxford University Press, 2010
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at 16 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780199575589
Description
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 logic and 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 philosophical work. It is very user-friendly for students without an
extensive background in mathematics. In short, this book gives you the understanding of logic that you need to do philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. What is Logic?
- 2. Propositional Logic
- 3. Beyond Standard Propositional Logic
- 4. Predicate Logic
- 5. Beyond Standard Predicate Logic
- 6. Propositional Modal Logic
- 7. Beyond Standard MPL
- 8. Counterfactuals
- 9. Quantified Modal Logic
- 10. Two-dimensional modal logic
- Answers and Hints
- References
- Index
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780199575596
Description
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 logic and 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 philosophical work. It is very user-friendly for students without an
extensive background in mathematics. In short, this book gives you the understanding of logic that you need to do philosophy.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Nature of Logic
- 2. Propositional Logic
- 3. Beyond Standard Propositional Logic
- 4. Predicate Logic
- 5. Beyond Standard Predicate Logic
- 6. Propositional Modal Logic
- 7. Beyond Standard MPL
- 8. Counterfactuals
- 9. Quantified Modal Logic
- 10. Two-dimensional modal logic
- Answers and Hints
- References
- Index
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