Logic

Thinking Through Questions is an accessible and compact guide to the art of questioning, covering both the use and abuse of questions. Animated by wide-ranging and engaging exercises and examples, the book helps students deepen their understanding of how...

The need for another study on the doctrine of analogy in the writings ofSt Thomas may not be obvious, since a complete bibliography in this area would doubtless assume depressing proportions. The present work is felt to be justified because it attempts a...

In Contradiction advocates and defends the view that _ there are true contradictions (dialetheism), a view that _ flies in the face of orthodoxy in Western philosophy since_ Aristotle. The book has been at the centre of the _ controversies surrounding...

This book presents Goedel's incompleteness theorems and the other limitative results which are most significant for the philosophy of mathematics. Results are stated in the form most relevant for use in the philosophy of mathematics. An appendix...

Early modern English thinkers were fascinated by the subject of animal rationality, even before the appearance of Descartes's Discourse on the Method (1637) and its famous declaration of the automatism of animals. But as Erica Fudge relates in Brutal...

This volume examines the concept of falsification as a central notion of semantic theories and its effects on logical laws. The point of departure is the general constructivist line of argument that Michael Dummett has offered over the last decades. From...

Richard Wollheim is one of the dominant figures in the philosophy of art, whose work has shown not only how paintings create their effects but why they remain important to us. His influential writings have focused on two core, interrelated questions:...

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This is a formal and systematic study of the logical foundations of speech act theory. The study of speech acts has been a flourishing branch of the philosophy of language and linguistics over the last two decades, and John Searle has of course himself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848901933Author Petr CintulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint College PublicationsPublisher College PublicationsWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm)...

This book is an updated and revised edition of Fundamentals of Legal Argumentation published in 1999. It discusses new developments that have taken place in the past 15 years in research of legal argumentation, legal justification and legal...

Surveys and extens work that has been done in the past two years on 'tense logic' and is a sequel to the author's book, Time and Modality.Reviews...Prior's work definitely deserves to reach a wider audience than the one it currently has, and one only...

Abstractionism, which is a development of Frege's original Logicism, is a recent and much debated position in the philosophy of mathematics. This volume contains 16 original papers by leading scholars on the philosophical and mathematical aspects of...

F. H. Bradley (1846-1924) was the foremost philosopher of the British Idealist school, which came to prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century and remained influential into the first half of the twentieth. Bradley, who was influenced by...

This book gives professionals and business people the essential tools to become better thinkers and decision-makers. It sets out simple methods and techniques to avoid poor decision making by developing our conceptual, creative and critical thinking...

Our conception of logical space is the set of distinctions we use to navigate the world. In The Construction of Logical Space Agustin Rayo defends the idea that one's conception of logical space is shaped by one's acceptance or rejection of 'just...

Franz Brentano developed an original theory of intrinsic value which he attempted to base on his philosophical psychology. Roderick Chisholm presents here a critical exposition of this theory and its place in Brentano's general philosophical system. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788792130099Author Research Fellow in Philosophy Luciano FloridiFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Automatic Press / VIPPublisher Automatic Press /...

In this 2004 book, Noah Lemos presents a strong defense of the common sense tradition, the view that we may take as data for philosophical inquiry many of the things we ordinarily think we know. He discusses the main features of that tradition as...

Colin Howson offers a solution to one of the central, unsolved problems of Western philosophy, the problem of induction. In the mid-eighteenth century David Hume argued that successful prediction tells us nothing about the truth of the predicting theory...

Law is traditionally conceived as consisting of norms of conduct and power-conferring norms. This conception, however, is unable to account for a variety of elements of modern legal systems that differ significantly from the classical notions. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848901285Author Dov GabbayFormat HardbackPage Count 646Imprint College PublicationsPublisher College PublicationsWeight(grams) 1075gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

This book covers elementary aspects of category theory and topos theory. It has few mathematical prerequisites and uses categorical methods throughout rather than beginning with set theoretic foundations. It works with key notions such as cartesian...

Classic work by one of the most brilliant figures in post-war analytic philosophy.Book InformationISBN 9780198244028Author J. L. MackieFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)...

Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of history have seemed less compelling than they were for previous generations of philosophers, is study of Hegel...

Find out what connects logic and humor in this alternative guide to logical reasoning. Combining jokes, stories, and ironic situations, Stan Baronett shows how it is possible to ground the language of logic in everyday experience. Each chapter introduces...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554814077Author Philip TuretzkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press LtdWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm)...

Modal logic originated in philosophy as the logic of necessity and possibility. Now it has reached a high level of mathematical sophistication and has many applications in a variety of disciplines, ranging from artificial intelligence, computer science...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780332248301Author Antonio Ribeiro da CostaFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten BooksWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm)...

'More analysis needed' is a comment lecturers repeatedly have to write on their students' work. Proceeding beyond this level of feedback is difficult when many students don't understand what analysis is or how to integrate criticism into their work. With...

Concentrating on alternative medicine, this work recommends ways to deal with a variety of common complaints, from acne to ulcers. Methods include home remedies, vitamins and supplements, and natural cures. Also examined are ways in which to live a...

* This brand new course covers the complete range of topics in the right amount of detail. * The AS Student Book for Unit 2 offers up-to-date, topical examples and scenarios covering current affairs and moral, social, ethical and philosophical issues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554811991Author William HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press LtdWeight(grams) 739g

‘You shouldn’t drink too much. The Earth is round. Milk is good for your bones.’ Are any of these claims true? How can you tell? Can you ever be certain you are right? For anyone tackling philosophical logic and critical thinking for the first time,...

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Logic Between the Lines: Making Philosophical Sense of Logic and Logical Sense of Philosophy aims to reintegrate the teaching of logic across the disciplines by presenting it in a strategic manner that combines formal aspects with teleological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425530907Author Henry Longueville ManselFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan LibraryPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425520946Author James McCoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan LibraryPublisher Michigan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425550455Author William Dexter WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan LibraryPublisher Michigan...

Analysis of Dewey's pre-1916 work on logic and its relationship to his better-known 1938 book on the topic.When John Dewey's logical theory is discussed, the focus is invariably on his 1938 book Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. His earlier logical works are...