Logic - Philosophy

Published in 1946, this book explores the relation of logic to such fields of study as natural science, ethics, history and general philosophy...

This book introduces an important group of logics that have come to be known as substructural. It is the first to survey the important impact this class of logics has had on developments in philosophy, computing and linguistics...

This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system of deontic logic and argues that it is free from the shortcomings of standard systems...

The Conceptual Roots of Mathematics is a comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. Lucas shows us that the philosophy of mathematics is actually at the heart of the study of epistemology and metaphysics...

The Conceptual Roots of Mathematics is a comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. Lucas shows us that the philosophy of mathematics is actually at the heart of the study of epistemology and metaphysics...

The works of Gödel, Tarski, Kleene and Church are fundamental to our understanding of the foundations of mathematics. In Deducibility and Decidability, their results and significance are presented in a new, unified manner...

The works of Gödel, Tarski, Kleene and Church are fundamental to our understanding of the foundations of mathematics. In Deducibility and Decidability, their results and significance are presented in a new, unified manner...

Since its publication in 1989, David Sanford's If P Then Q has become one of the most widely respected works in the field of conditionals. This new edition includes three new chapters, thus updating the book to take into account developments in the..

This book forces us to reconsider contemporary approaches to the semantics of proper names and definite descriptions through a historically sensitive and original interpretation of Russell's and Frege's work on meaning...

First published in 1971, Professor Putnam's essay concerns itself with the ontological problem in the philosophy of logic and mathematics - that is, the issue of whether the abstract entities spoken of in logic and mathematics really exist. He also deals with the question of whether or not reference..

Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings is the first anthology of essential readings in this important area of philosophy. Each section includes a helpful introduction by the editor, ensuring that this broad-ranging exploration of the subject is also highly accessible, making it ideal for a..

A collection of essays from distinguished contributors looking at why it is that mathematical proof is given precedence over other forms of mathematical justification...