The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophical Logic
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophical Logic

  1. 656 pages
  2. English
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophical Logic

About this book

Logical methods are used in all area of philosophy. By introducing and advancing central to topics in the discipline, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophical Logic emphasizes the crucial role logic plays in understanding philosophical problems. Covering stages in the history of logic and of modern logic, this comprehensive Companion looks ahead to new areas of research and explores issues pertaining to classical logic and its rivals, semantics for parts of natural language, and the application of logic in the theory of rationality. Experts in the field provide a mix of technical chapters that offer excellent encyclopaedias of results in the area and chapters of philosophical discussions that survey a range of philosophical positions. To facilitate further study, this volumes also includes a series of research tools such as a detailed index, an up-to-date list of resources and an annotated bibliography. Balancing technical exposition with philosophical discussion, The Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophical Logic not only provides students and lecturers with the basis of a course in philosophical logic, it offers anyone working in this key area of contemporary philosophy a valuable research resource.

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Information

Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781472523020
eBook ISBN
9781472522733
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Mathematical Methods in Philosophy
  10. How to Use This Book
  11. 3 Logical Consequence
  12. 4 Identity and Existence in Logic
  13. 5 Quantification and Descriptions
  14. 6 Higher-OrderLogic
  15. 7 The Paradox of Vagueness
  16. 8 Negation
  17. 9 Game-Theoretical Semantics
  18. 10 Mereology
  19. 11 The Logicof Necessity
  20. 12 Tense or TemporalLogic
  21. 13 Truth and Paradox
  22. 14 Indicative Conditionals
  23. 15 Probability
  24. 16 Pure Inductive Logic
  25. 17 Belief Revision
  26. 18 EpistemicLogic
  27. 19 Logicof Decision
  28. 20 Further Reading
  29. Bibliography
  30. General Index
  31. Author Index