Philosophy: logic

The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method.

This volume examines the limitations of mathematical logic and proposes a new approach to logic intended to overcome them.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Dynamic Logic, DaLi 2022, held in Haifa, Israel, in July/August 2022.

This book outlines a theory of rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of evolutionary biology.

What is mathematics about?

Semantic Indexicality shows how a simple syntax can be combined with a propositional language at the level of logical analysis.

​David Hilbert entwickelte mit seiner Beweistheorie ein Programm zur Grundlegung der Mathematik.

Originally published in 1938.

This book presents reflections on the relationship between narratives and argumentative discourse.

The mathematical proof is the most important form of justification in mathematics.

This unique introduction fully engages and clearly explains pragmatism, an approach to knowledge and philosophy that rejects outmoded conceptions of objectivity while avoiding relativism and subjectivism.

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Starting with simple examples showing the relevance of cutting and pasting logics, the monograph develops a mathematical theory of combining and decomposing logics, ranging from propositional and first-order based logics to higher-order based logics as well as to non-truth functional logics.

Perhaps one of the most striking characteristics of later medieval philosophy and science is the remarkable unity with which the different fields of investigation were articulated to each other, in particular with respect to the methodology used.

Although Hegel considered Science of Logic essential to his philosophy, it has received scant commentary compared with the other three books he published in his lifetime.

Originally published in 1991.

Geleitet von der übergreifenden Perspektive einer systematischen Rehabilitation und operativen Aufbereitung der "klassischen" aristotelischen Logik zeigt der Verfasser, wie die reicheren Formen der modernen, beim komplexeren Aussagenkalkül ansetzenden Logistik operativ aus der einfacheren, daher allgemeineren aristotelischen Logik hergeleitet werden können.

John Stuart Mill considered his A System of Logic, first published in 1843, the methodological foundation and intellectual groundwork of his later works in ethical, social, and political theory.

Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons presents a philosophical conception of logic-"e;logical expressivism"e;-according to which the role of logic is to make explicit reason relations, which are often neither monotonic nor transitive.

An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 when Bertrand Russell was 25 years old.

Bringing elementary logic out of the academic darkness into the light of day, Paul Tomassi makes logic fully accessible for anyone attempting to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject.

Paolo Mancosu provides an original investigation of historical and systematic aspects of the notions of abstraction and infinity and their interaction.

This book features original essays by leading epistemologists that address questions related to epistemic dilemmas from a variety of new, sometimes unexpected, angles.

Offers the first comprehensive textbook covering the interrelations between topics in the philosophy of logic in an accessible, non-technical, and up-to-date way.

This volume collects 22 essays on the history of logic written by outstanding specialists in the field.

In On the Genealogy of Color, Zed Adams argues for a historicized approach to conceptual analysis, by exploring the relevance of the history of color science for contemporary philosophical debates about color realism.

Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic.

When graduate students start their studies, they usually have sound knowledge of some areas of philosophy, but the overall map of their knowledge is often patchy and disjointed.

This volume is dedicated to Hiroakira Ono life's work on substructural logics.

A complete introduction to logic for first-year university students with no background in logic, philosophy or mathematics.

This volume examines the concept of falsification as a central notion of semantic theories and its effects on logical laws.

This book introduces an important group of logics that have come to be known under the umbrella term 'susbstructural'.

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy.

Originally published in 1973, this volume documents Bertrand Russell's travels in America covering the period 1896-1945.

This book presents a set of historical recollections on the work of Martin Davis and his role in advancing our understanding of the connections between logic, computing, and unsolvability.

Every philosopher of science, and every student of the philosophy of science, has heard of Paul Feyerabend: the iconoclast who supposedly asserted that science is not rational, nor objective, but is characterised by anarchism, relativism, subjectivism and power.

A textbook, with exercises, on modal logic for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic.

This book provides a fresh reading of Aquinas' metaphysics in the light of insights from the works of Frege.

Central topics in medieval logic are here treated in a way that is congenial to the modern reader, without compromising historical reliability.

"e;The philosophy of mathematics will naturally be expected to deal with questions at the frontier of knowledge, as to which comparative certainty is not yet attained.

Provides an original, up-to-date, and systematic account of Aristotle''s views on contemplation''s place in the human good.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This collection of new essays by an international group of scholars closely examines the works of Aristotle's Organon.

After years of teaching law courses to undergraduate, graduate, and law students, Michael Evan Gold has come to believe that the traditional way of teaching - analysis, explanation, and example - is superior to the Socratic Method for students at the outset of their studies.