Philosophy: logic

The essays collected in this volume are all concerned with the connection between fiction and truth.

Newton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrodinger's cat - these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences.

This volume contains 21 new and original contributions to the study of formal semantics, written by distinguished experts in response to landmark papers in the field.

This book offers a comprehensive critical survey of issues of historical interpretation and evaluation in Bertrand Russell's 1918 logical atomism lectures and logical atomism itself.

In Frege's Conception of Logic Patricia A.

The purpose of this brief introduction is to describe the origin of the papers here presented and to acknowledge the help of some of the many individuals who were involved in the preparation of this volume.

The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions-are they objective features of mind-independent reality?

In the spring of 1978, one of the authors of this book was sitting in on a course in logic for linguists given by the other author.

This book offers the first ever book-length treatment of the topic of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood with autism and the attendant ethical, legal and social issues for the individual as well as caregivers and professionals.

Issues surrounding the status and nature of `nonexistent objects' constitute one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets.

A thoroughly updated introduction to the concepts, methods, and standards of critical thinking, A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, Second Edition is a unique presentation of the formal strategies used when thinking through reasons and arguments in many areas of expertise.

This edited volume presents new lines of research dealing with the language of thought and its philosophical implications in the time of Ockham.

Aristotle's Prior Analytics marks the beginning of formal logic.

This book tells the story of the landmark event in modern logic whereby Alfred Tarski became "e;the man who defined truth"e;.

Several of the basic ideas of current language theory are subjected to critical scrutiny and found wanting, including the concept of scope, the hegemony of generative syntax, the Frege-Russell claim that verbs like `is' are ambiguous, and the assumptions underlying the so-called New Theory of Reference.

This book aims to improve real-world critical thinking.

Originally published in 1938.

Plato uses a logic without defining or naming it, somewhat as verbs are used in daily life without saying ';verbs' or defining them.

This volume examines the entire logical and philosophical production of Nicolai A.

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

Luck permeates our lives, and this raises a number of pressing questions: What is luck?

Originally published in 1966 On the Syllogism and Other Logical Writings assembles for the first time the five celebrated memoirs of Augustus De Morgan on the syllogism.

This volume explores abduction (inference to explanatory hypotheses), an important but neglected topic in scientific reasoning.

"e;To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things - this is emancipation, and this is the free man's worship.

Many philosophy majors are shocked by the gap between the relative ease of lower-level philosophy courses and the difficulty of upper-division courses.

First published in 1990, this is a reissue of Professor Hilary Putnam's dissertation thesis, written in 1951, which concerns itself with The Meaning of the Concept of Probability in Application to Finite Sequences and the problems of the deductive justification for induction.

Reasons Why first argues that what philosophers are really after, or at least should be after, when they seek a theory of explanation, is a theory of answers to why-questions.

The book offers a reflection on the nature, scope, and limits of knowledge that have been at the focus of the author's work over decades.

Why is it so hard to learn critical thinking skills?

This book collects a renowned scholar's essays from the past five decades and reflects two main concerns: an approach to logic that stresses argumentation, reasoning, and critical thinking and that is informal, empirical, naturalistic, practical, applied, concrete, and historical; and an interest in Galileo's life and thought-his scientific achievements, Inquisition trial, and methodological lessons in light of his iconic status as "e;father of modern science.

My Philosophical Development is Russell's intellectual autobiography and provides a fascinating insight into the extraordinary energy and philosophical ambition that saw him write over 40 books.

While notions of what constitutes critical thinking vary, educators, politicians, and employers all agree that critical thinking skills are necessary for well-educated citizens and a key capacity for successful employees.

Leibniz published the Dissertation on Combinatorial Art in 1666.

A Chance for Possibility defends the view that the objective modal realm is tripartite: truths about possible worlds supervene on modal truths, which in turn supervene on truths about objective chances.

In this 2005 book, logic, mathematical knowledge and objects are explored alongside reason and intuition in the exact sciences.

Elementary Logic explains what logic is, how it is done, and why it can be exciting.

This edited volume presents a comprehensive history of modern logic from the Middle Ages through the end of the twentieth century.

Plato uses a logic without defining or naming it, somewhat as verbs are used in daily life without saying ';verbs' or defining them.

An innovative and largely self-contained textbook bringing model theory to an undergraduate audience.

Putnam is one of the most influential philosophers of recent times, and his authority stretches far beyond the confines of the discipline.

Der Sache nach geht es in der Arbeit um jenes Reglement, das dem vernünftigsten Argumentieren zugrunde liegt.

This book examines Hegel within his broader historical and philosophical contexts and introduces his highly varied and influential works.

Penetrating cross-cultural analysis of alternative models of human reasoning.

This book provides an accessible and at the same time scientifically rigorous introduction to the principles of logical reasoning.

Despite his tragic death at the age of 26, Frank Ramsey (1903 - 1930) remains one of the most intriguing minds of the twentieth century.

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Possible Worlds presents the first up-to-date and comprehensive examination of one of the most important topics in metaphysics.

This engaging coursebook aims to teach critical thinking skills - the ability to interpret, analyse and evaluate ideas and arguments.