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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic
Lou Goble (Edited by)
9780631206934, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 17 August 2001
528 pages
24.7 x 17.4 x 3.7 cm, 0.925 kg
"Suppose your friend – or your student, or yourself – knows a little logic and a little philosophy. If you wish that person to gain an early appreciation of philosophical logic, then this book is a perfect gift – or assignment, or purchase. Written by outstanding philosophical logicians, its clear and authoritative chapters guide the reader directly into the heart of each topic. There are enough details to create genuine understanding, but not so many as to intimidate. The term 'guide' is exactly the right word for this splendid book." "This is an excellent collection of articles covering the main areas of philosophical logic, written by front-line, internationally known researchers in the field. It should be available in every serious library." "This volume on philosophical logic is a welcome and manageable resource. The editor is to be congratulated both on his choice of material and on his choice of collaborators. The result is a well-balanced mix of authoritative overviews of classical mathematical logic and up-to-date accounts of topics in linguistics and computer science." "These twenty chapters cover the areas of logic of greatest interest to philosophers, and also to computer scientists, linguists, and cognitive scientists. They are written by world-class authorities in their fields and give comprehensive and definitive introductions to their subjects." "For those interested in the philosophy of logic an excellent place to turn would be The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic edited by Lou Goble. The book consists of 20 specially written essays by distinguished figures in the field, each with an editor's introduction." "The intended readership is philosophers and logicians, but there is much that will be of interest to computer scientists, cognative scientists and theoretical linguists. The Book is accessible to non-experts and experts will find much substance in the essays."
Nuel Belnap, University of Pittsburgh
Dov Gabbay, King's College, London
Krister Segerberg, Uppsala University
Ernie Lepore, Rutgers University
Times higher Education Supplement
Studia Logica
This volume presents a definitive introduction to twenty core areas of philosophical logic including classical logic, modal logic, alternative logics and close examinations of key logical concepts.
List of Contributors vii Preface ix Introduction 1 1 Classical Logic I – First-Order Logic 9 2 Classical Logic II – Higher-Order Logic 33 3 Set Theory 55 4 Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 72 5 Truth 90 6 Logical Consequence 115 7 Modal Logic 136 8 Deontic Logic 159 9 Epistemic Logic 183 10 Temporal Logic 203 11 Intuitionistic Logic 224 12 Free Logics 258 13 Relevant Logics 280 14 Many-Valued Logics 309 15 Nonmonotonic Logic 336 16 Probability, Logic, and Probability Logic 362 17 Conditionals 385 18 Negation 415 19 Quantifiers 437 20 Logic and Natural Language 461 Index 484
Lou Goble
Wilfrid Hodges
Stewart Shapiro
John P. Burgess
Raymond Smullyan
Anil Gupta
Patricia A. Blanchette
M. J. Cresswell
Risto Hilpinen
J.-J. Ch. Meyer
Yde Venema
Dirk van Dalen
Karel Lambert
Edwin D. Mares and Robert K. Meyer
Grzegorz Malinowski
John F. Horty
Alan Hájek
Dorothy Edgington
Heinrich Wansing
Dag Westerståhl
Alice ter Meulen
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
