Philosophy of Logics - Hardcover

Haack, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521219884 ISBN 13: 9780521219884

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1978

Synopsis

The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses. Haack discusses the scope and purpose of logic, validity, truth-functions, quantification and ontology, names, descriptions, truth, truth-bearers, the set-theoretical and semantic paradoxes, and modality. She also explores the motivations for a whole range of non-classical systems of logic, including many-valued logics, fuzzy logic, moddal and tense logics, and relevance logics. Persupposing only an elementary knowledge of formal logic, this book includes many useful summary tables and diagrams, as well as a helpful glossary of technical terms. Wide-ranging, informative, and eminently readable, this book has proven a valuable resource for generations of students and scholars in a variety of disciplines outside philosophy needing guidance on the philosophy of logic.

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Review:

"...an excellent survey of issues." Gilbert Harman, Journal of Symbolic Logic

Book Description:

The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0521219884
• ISBN 13: 9780521219884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292