Formal Languages in Logic - A Philosophical and Cognitive Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Catarina Dutilh Novaes is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. She is the author of Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories (2007). Klappentext Examines the cognitive impact on formal languages for human reasoning, drawing on philosophy, historical development, psychology and cognitive science. Zusammenfassung Presents a new approach to formal languages! in particular but not exclusively as used in logic. Focuses on their cognitive impact on human reasoning! drawing on historical developments! psychology! cognitive science and philosophy. For students and researchers in the areas of logic and computer science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Two notions of formality; 2. On the very notion of a formal language; 3. The history, purposes and limitations of formal languages; 4. How we do reason, and the need for counterbalance in science; 5. Formal languages and extended cognition; 6. De-semantification; 7. The debiasing effect of formalization; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Dutilh Novaes Catarina, Catarina Dutilh Novaes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107020917
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02091-7
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, computer science, Mathematical logic, Philosophy: logic, Computer architecture & logic design