The Logic of Entailment and its History
Mares, Edwin
ISBN 10: 100937527X ISBN 13: 9781009375276
Published by Cambridge University Press CUP, 2025
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What follows from what, and how do we make statements (whether true or false) about which inferences are correct? In this book, Edwin Mares provides a new philosophical, semantical and historical analysis of and justification for the relevant logic of entailment. In the first half of the book he examines some key ideas in the historical development of the logic of entailment, looking in particular at the notion 'is derivable from' and at how symbolic logic has attempted to capture this notion. In the second half of the book he develops his own theory connecting ideas from the traditions in mathematical logic with some ideas in the philosophy of science. The book's fresh and original perspective on the logic of entailment will be valuable for all who want to know more about the historical and philosophical origins of modern symbolic logic.
About the Author: Edwin Mares is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Relevant Logic: A Philosophical Interpretation (Cambridge, 2004).
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Title: The Logic of Entailment and its History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press CUP
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New