Philosophical Logic

Zusatztext "Burgess does an admirable job of giving intuitive explanations of the concepts. . . . The book provides a solid overview of several important fields of philosophical logic. It gives the reader a crash course in a few, select, areas and points the reader in the right direction for more information in a given part of the field. It is not a bad choice for a student interested in what is out there in the philosophical logic field, so long as he or she accepts the dense technicalities." ---Jared Smith, Plurilogue Informationen zum Autor John P. Burgess Klappentext "Nicely done and very useful for someone who wants a compact and accessible introduction to nonclassical logic." --Kit Fine, New York University "This book is terrific. It covers the basics of philosophical logic in a lively, interesting, and informative way. Readers do not have to wade through pages and pages of technical material. Instead, they get the basics, and the big picture." --Stewart Shapiro, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic Zusammenfassung Philosophical Logic is a clear and concise critical survey of nonclassical logics of philosophical interest written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. After giving an overview of classical logic, John Burgess introduces five central branches of nonclassical logic (temporal, modal, conditional, relevantistic, and intuitionisti

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• Autori: John Burgess, John P Burgess, John P. Burgess, Burgess John P.
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.2012
• EAN: 9780691156330
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15633-0
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy; Princeton Foundations of Conte; Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy: logic