Thinking About Logic explains to a non-specialist audience what the aim of logic is. It examines its central concepts and techniques and asks whether logic is successful in achieving its aims. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 line drawings and numerous mathematical examples. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278. . 1995. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: READ:THINKING ABOUT LOGIC P: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic (OPUS)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019289238X
ISBN 13: 9780192892386
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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In this book, Stephen Read sets out to rescue logic from its undeserved reputation as an inflexible, dogmatic discipline by demonstrating that its technicalities and processes are founded on assumptions which are themselves amenable to philosophical investigation. He examines the fundamental principles of consequence, logical truth and correct inference within the context of logic, and shows that the principles by which we delineate consequences are themselves not guaranteed free from error. Central to the notion of truth is the beguiling issue of paradox. Its philosophical value, Read shows, lies in exposing the invalid assumption on which the paradox is built. Thinking About Logic also discusses logical puzzles which introduce questions relating to language, the world, and their relationship.

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Stephen Read is Head, School of Philosophical and Anthropological Studies.

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