Relevant Logic
A Philosophical Interpretation

This book introduces the reader to relevant logic and provides it with a philosophical interpretation.

Edwin D. Mares (Author)

9780521039253, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 August 2007

240 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.366 kg

This book introduces the reader to relevant logic and provides the subject with a philosophical interpretation. The defining feature of relevant logic is that it forces the premises of an argument to be really used ('relevant') in deriving its conclusion. The logic is placed in the context of possible world semantics and situation semantics, which are then applied to provide an understanding of the various logical particles (especially implication and negation) and natural language conditionals. The book ends by examining various applications of relevant logic and presenting some interesting open problems. It will be of interest to a range of readers including advanced students of logic, philosophical and mathematical logicians, and computer scientists.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Relevant Logic and its Semantics: 1. What is relevant logic and why do we need it?
2. Possible worlds and beyond
3. Situating implication
4. Ontological interlude
5. Negation
6. Modality, entailment and quantification
Part II. Conditionals: 7. Indicative conditionals
8. Counterfactuals
Part III. Inference and its Applications: 9. The structure of deduction
10. Disjunctive syllogism
11. Putting relevant logic to work
12. Afterword
Appendix A: the logic R
Appendix B: Routley-Meyer semantics for R
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Cognitivism, cognitive theory [JMAQ], Philosophy: logic [HPL], Philosophy [HP]