Logic on the Track of Social Change (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

Braybrooke, David

ISBN 10: 0198235305 / ISBN 13: 9780198235309

Published by Clarendon Press, 1995

About this Item

This treatise sets out a new logic of rules, developed to demonstrate how such a logic can contribute to the clarification of historical questions about social rules. The authors illustrate applications of this new logic in a variety of accounts of social changes. Series: Clarendon Library of Logic & Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496. . 1995. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic on the Track of Social Change (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198235305
• ISBN 13: 9780198235309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book sets out a new logic of rules, developed to demonstrate how such a logic can contribute to the clarification of historical questions about social rules. The authors illustrate applications of this new logic in their extensive treatments of a variety of accounts of social changes, analyzing in these examples the content of particular social rules and the course of changes in them.

About the Author

Peter K. Schotch has been Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University since 1982. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 publications in philosophical logic. Bryson Brown is the author of various articles on philosophical logic and the philosophy of science.