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
* 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
Om författaren
Ernest Lepore is Director of the Center for CognitiveScience 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.
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 464 ● ISBN 9781118455210 ● Filstorlek 1.1 MB ● Utgivare John Wiley & Sons ● Publicerad 2012 ● Utgåva 2 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2540331 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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