Ernest Lepore & Sam Cumming 
Meaning and Argument [EPUB ebook] 
An Introduction to Logic Through Language, 2nd, Revised Edition

Meaning and Argument is a popular introduction to philosophy of logic and philosophy of language.

* Offers a distinctive philosophical, rather than mathematical, approach to logic

* Concentrates on symbolization and works out all the technical logic with truth tables instead of derivations

* Incorporates the insights of half a century’s work in philosophy and linguistics on anaphora by Peter Geach, Gareth Evans, Hans Kamp, and Irene Heim among others

* Contains numerous exercises and a corresponding answer key

* An extensive appendix allows readers to explore subjects that go beyond what is usually covered in an introductory logic course

* Updated edition includes over a dozen new problem sets and revisions throughout

* Features an accompanying website at http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~logic/Meaning Argument.html

Despre autor

Ernest Lepore is Director of the Center for Cognitive
Science at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous
articles in philosophy of mind and is co-author (with Herman
Cappelen) of Insensitive Semantics (Blackwell, 2004),
co-author (with Jerry Fodor) of Holism (Blackwell, 1991). He
is editor of Truth and Interpretation (Blackwell, 1989). He
is co-editor (with Zenon Pylyshyn) of What is Cognitive
Science? (Blackwell, 1999), and co-editor (with Robert Van
Gulick) of John Searle and His Critics (Blackwell, 1992), as
well as general editor of the series Philosophers and Their
Critics, also published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Sam Cumming is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at
the University of California, Los Angeles.