Dictionary of Philosophical Logic
Author | : Roy T. Cook |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2009-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748631971 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748631976 |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This dictionary introduces undergraduate and post-graduate students in philosophy, mathematics, and computer science to the main problems and positions in philosophical logic. Coverage includes not only key figures, positions, terminology, and debates within philosophical logic itself, but issues in related, overlapping disciplines such as set theory and the philosophy of mathematics as well. Entries are extensively cross-referenced, so that each entry can be easily located within the context of wider debates, thereby providing a valuable reference both for tracking the connections between concepts within logic and for examining the manner in which these concepts are applied in other philosophical disciplines.