Logic: An Introduction (Volume 8) (Fundamentals of Philosophy) - Softcover

Restall, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773524231 ISBN 13: 9780773524231

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Greg Restall's Logic provides concise introductions to propositional and first-order predicate logic while showing how formal logic intersects with substantial philosophical issues such as vagueness, conditionals, relevance, propositional attitudes, and opaque contents. The author also examines the ideas behind modal logic, free logic, and other non-standard logics and discusses the nature of logic itself. The book covers both natural deduction and tree methods for proving validity. Each chapter includes excellent suggestions for further reading and both elementary and more advanced exercises, with solutions provided on a website. It is flexibly designed to be useable for half or full-year courses, for courses focusing exclusively on formal logic, or for a variety of approaches that would integrate topics in philosophical logic. Restall examines many of the interesting issues raised by basic logical techniques and will undoubtedly stimulate further study in the discipline. This is a logic book designed principally for philosophers but which will also be of interest to students of computer science, cognitive science, and linguistics.

About this title

About the Author

Greg Restall is professor of philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia.

From the Back Cover

Series Editor: John Shand

This series is intended to present up-to-date, engaging introductions to the core areas of philosophy: aesthetics, logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, ethics, modern philosophy, ancient philosophy, modern continental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, and political philosophy.

The volumes serve as an essential basis for undergraduate courses, as well as being accessible and absorbing for the general reader. Written by specialists in the field, each volume is an original piece of philosophy in its own right that not only informs readers but also allows them to experience the intellectual excitement of being engaged in philosophical debate. Together they comprise an indispensible library of living philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773524231
• ISBN 13: 9780773524231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240