Predicate Logic (The Semantic Foundations of Logic) - Hardcover

Epstein, Richard L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195087607 ISBN 13: 9780195087604

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book presents modern logic as the formalization of reasoning that needs and deserves a semantic foundation. Chapters on propositional logic; parsing propositions; and meaning, truth and reference give the reader a basis for establishing criteria that can be used to judge formalizations of ordinary language arguments. Over 120 worked examples illustrate the scope and limitations of modern logic, as analyzed in chapters on identity, quantifiers, descriptive names, and functions. The chapter on second-order logic shows how different conceptions of predicates and propositions do not lead to a common basis for quantification over predicates, as they do for quantification over things. Notable for its clarity of presentation and supplemented by many exercises, this volume will be invaluable for philosophers, linguists, mathematicians, and computer scientists who wish to better understand the tools they use in formal reasoning.

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About the Author

Richard L. Epstein is at San Jose State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195087607
• ISBN 13: 9780195087604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432