Philosophy: logic

Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic.

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.

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.

First Published in 1964, Studies in Metaphilosophy presents and develop the hypothesis about the nature of metaphysical theories.

First Published in 1964, Studies in Metaphilosophy presents and develop the hypothesis about the nature of metaphysical theories.

This book offers new insights into the nature of human rational capacities by engaging inferentialism with empirical research in the cognitive sciences.

This book offers new insights into the nature of human rational capacities by engaging inferentialism with empirical research in the cognitive sciences.

First published in 1972, Philosophical Tasks was written to identify and examine some central themes in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy.

First published in 1972, Philosophical Tasks was written to identify and examine some central themes in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy.

The classical conception of reason (or logos) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era.

The classical conception of reason (or logos) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era.

This innovative text reinvigorates argumentation studies by exploring the experience of argument across cultures, introducing an anthropological perspective into the domains of rhetoric, communication, and philosophy.

This innovative text reinvigorates argumentation studies by exploring the experience of argument across cultures, introducing an anthropological perspective into the domains of rhetoric, communication, and philosophy.

This book offers a detailed account and discussion of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics.

This book offers a detailed account and discussion of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics.

Originally published in 1990.

Originally published in 1990.

This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference; the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about.

This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference; the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about.

This book argues that there is a common cognitive mechanism underlying all indexical thoughts, in spite of their seeming diversity.

This book argues that there is a common cognitive mechanism underlying all indexical thoughts, in spite of their seeming diversity.

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

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

This book presents a systematic unifying-pluralist account-a "e;constructive-engagement"e; account-of how cross-tradition engagement in philosophy is possible.

This book presents a systematic unifying-pluralist account-a "e;constructive-engagement"e; account-of how cross-tradition engagement in philosophy is possible.

The Process of Argument: An Introduction is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to engage in successful persuasion: To organize, construct, and communicate arguments.

The Process of Argument: An Introduction is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to engage in successful persuasion: To organize, construct, and communicate arguments.

The late Mario Mignucci was one of the most authoritative, original, and influential scholars in the area of ancient philosophy, especially ancient logic.

Originally published in 1923 Chance and Error examines the vagaries of chance, and how this is the result of the interference of yes and no.

The late Mario Mignucci was one of the most authoritative, original, and influential scholars in the area of ancient philosophy, especially ancient logic.

Originally published in 1994, The Incommensurability Thesis is a critical study of the Incommensurability Thesis of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend.

Originally published in 1994, The Incommensurability Thesis is a critical study of the Incommensurability Thesis of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend.

The forms and scope of logic rest on assumptions of how language and reasoning connect to experience.

This book presents the history, philosophy, and mathematics of the major systems of propositional logic.

This series of books presents the fundamentals of logic in a style accessible to both students and scholars.

This series of books presents the fundamentals of reasoning well, in a style accessible to both students and scholars.

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The great Buddhist scholars Santaraksita (725 - 88 CE.

Long before the European Renaissance, while the western world was languishing in what was once called the 'Dark Ages', the Arab world was ablaze with the knowledge, invention and creativity of its Golden Age.

Zwar gibt es eine Vielzahl an Einführungen in die formale Logik und der Besuch entsprechender Grundkurse ist für die Studierenden unterschiedlichster Fächer nicht selten verpflichtend; wie man diese Logik allerdings jenseits der philosophischen Fächer anwenden kann, bleibt in der Regel unbeantwortet.

How do we think?

Critical thinking is becoming increasingly prominent as an academic discipline taught and examined in schools and universities, as well as a crucial skill for everyday life.

This volume offers insights into the development of mathematical logic over the last century.

The Italian mathematician Mario Pieri (1860-1913) played a major role in the development of algebraic geometry and foundations of mathematics around the turn of the twentieth century.

A vital contribution to legal theory and media and civic discourse In the 1860s, northern newspapers attacked Abraham Lincoln's policies by attacking his character, using the terms "e;drunk,"e; "e;baboon,"e; "e;too slow,"e; "e;foolish,"e; and "e;dishonest.

A study of the role of abductive inference in everyday argumentation and legal evidence Examines three areas in which abductive reasoning is especially important: medicine, science, and law.

Arguably the most famous and recognized detective in history, Sherlock Holmes is considered by many to be the first pop icon of the modern age.

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This book argues against the received view of propositional theory, according to which mental attitudes-such as believing, knowing, hoping, and wishing-are relations held between agents and propositions.