Guide Philosophical Logic

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents a definitive introduction to twenty core areas of philosophical logic including classical logic, modal logic, alternative logics and close examinations of key logical concepts. The chapters, written especially for this volume by internationally distinguished logicians, philosophers, computer scientists and linguists, provide comprehensive studies of the concepts, motivations, methods, formal systems, major results and applications of their subject areas.

The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic engages both general readers and experienced logicians and provides a solid foundation for further study. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Preface.

Introduction: Lou Goble (Willamette University).

1. Classical Logic I - First-Order Logic: Wilfrid Hodges (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London).

2. Classical Logic II - Higher-Order Logic: Stewart Shapiro (The Ohio State University at Newark; University of St.Andrews).

3. Set Theory: John P. Burgess (Princeton University).

4. Godel s Incompleteness Theorems: Raymond Smullyan (Indiana University).

5. Truth: Anil Gupta (Indiana University).

6. Logical Consequence: Patricia A. Blanchette (University of Notre Dame).

7. Modal Logic: M. J. Cresswell (Victoria University of Wellington).

8. Deontic Logic: Risto Hilpinen (University of Miami, Coral Gables).

9. Epistemic Logic: J.-J. Ch. Meyer (Utrecht University).

10. Temporal Logic: Yde Venema (University of Amsterdam).

11. Intuitionistic Logic: Dirk van Dalen (Utrecht University).

12. Free Logics: Karel Lambert (University of California at Irvine and the University of Salzburg).

13. Relevant Logics: Edwin D. Mares (Victoria University of Wellington) and Robert K. Meyer (Australian National University).

14. Many-Valued Logics: Grzegorz Malinowski (University of Ódˆ).

15. Nonmonotonic Logic: John F. Horty (University of Maryland).

16. Probability, Logic, and Probability Logic: Alan H jek (California Institute of Technology).

17. Conditionals: Dorothy Edgington (University of Oxford).

18. Negation: Heinrich Wansing (Dresden University of Technology).

19. Quantifiers: Dag Westerst†hl (Göteborg University).

20. Logic and Natural Language: Alice ter Meulen (University of Groningen).

Index. 

Autoreninfo

LOU GOBLE is Professor of Philosophy at Willamette University. He has published numerous articles in philosophical logic in various anthologies and journals such as Journal of Philosophical Logic, Logique et Analyse, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, and other more general philosophy journals.