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Formal logic : a philosophical approach /

Many texts on logic are written with a mathematical emphasis, and focus primarily on the development of a formal apparatus and associated techniques. In other, more philosophical texts, the topic is often presented as an indulgent collection of musings on issues for which technical solutions have lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoyningen-Huene, Paul, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2004.
Colección:University of Pittsburgh Digital Editions.
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction. An example
  • Preliminary remarks on the notion of logical form
  • Validity and soundness
  • Statements, primitive statements, and compound statements
  • 2. Statement logic. The symbol of statement logic
  • The metalogic of statement logic
  • Review and overview
  • 3. Predicate logic. The symbol system of predicate logic
  • The metalogic of predicate logic
  • Review and overview
  • 4. The mathematical approach to statement logic. On mathematical approaches in general
  • The syntax of statement logic
  • Semantics : model theory
  • Proof theory
  • Review
  • Prospects for predicate logic
  • Appendix 1. An additional proof
  • Appendix 2. Solutions to the exercises / by Christopher von Bülow and Alex Levine
  • Appendix 3. Suggestions for further reading.