The a to Z of Logic

Informationen zum Autor Earl Spurgin is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University. He specializes in ethics and social and political philosophy, is author of numerous journal articles, coauthor of Historical Dictionary of Ethics, and coeditor of Ethics: Contemporary Readings. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext The A to Z of Logic introduces the central concepts of the field in a series of brief, non-technical, cross-referenced dictionary entries. The 352 alphabetically arranged entries give a clear, basic introduction to a very broad range of logical topics. Entries can be found on deductive systems, such as propositional logic, modal logic, deontic logic, temporal logic, set theory, many-valued logic, mereology, and paraconsistent logic. Similarly, there are entries on topics relating to those previously mentioned such as negation, conditionals, truth tables, and proofs. Historical periods and figures are also covered, including ancient logic, medieval logic, Buddhist logic, Aristotle, Ockham, Boole, Frege, Russell, Gödel, and Quine. Zusammenfassung First published in 2006 as Historical dictionary of logic in Scarecrow's Historical dictionaries of religions! philosophies! and movements series.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Harry J. Gensler, Harry J. S. J. Gensler
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.02.2010
• EAN: 9780810875968
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7596-8
• Pages: 354
• Thèmes: The A to Z Guide Series; A to Z Guides; The A to Z Guide Series
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires