Logics by John Nolt

Logics by John Nolt

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This comprehensive introduction to symbolic logic covers informal logic and the syntax, semantics and metatheory of not only the classical propositional and predicate logics, but also for a number of extensions of classical logic and non-standard logics.

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Logics by John Nolt

This comprehensive introduction to symbolic logic covers informal logic and the syntax, semantics and metatheory of not only the classical propositional and predicate logics, but also for a number of extensions of classical logic and non-standard logics. It is the first textbook of this kind to provide substantive treatment of more recent developments in logic.
PrefacePART I. INFORMAL LOGIC. 1. Informal Logic. PART II. CLASSICAL PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC. 2. Classical Propositional Logic: Syntax. 3. Classical Propositional Logic: Semantics. 4. Classical Propositional Logic: Inference. 5. Classical Propositional Logic: Metatheory. PART III. CLASSICAL PREDICATE LOGIC. 6. Classical Predicate Logic: Syntax. 7. Classical Predicate Logic: Semantics. 8. Classical Predicate Logic: Inference. 9. Classical Predicate Logic: Soundness, Completeness, and Inexpressibility. 10. Classical Predicate Logic: Undecidability. PART IV. EXTENSIONS OF CLASSICAL LOGIC. 11. Leibnizian Modal Logic. 12. Kripkean Modal Logic. 13. Deontic and Tense Logics. 14. Higher-Order Logics. PART V. NONCLASSICAL LOGICS. 15. Mildly Nonclassical Logics. 16. Radically Nonclassical Logics. Index.
Nolt, John: - JOHN NOLT is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he has taught since receiving his doctorate from Ohio State University in 1978. He is the author of Informal Logic: Possible Worlds and Imagination and numerous articles on logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mathematics.

DENNIS ROHATYN received his Ph.D. from Fordham University and is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, where he has taught since 1977. He is the author of, and many other works. He is a regular symposiast on critical thinking at national and regional conferences. In 1987 he founded the Society for Orwellian Studies.

ACHILLE VARZI received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, New York. His works include Holes and Other Superficialities and Fifty Years of Events: An Annotated Bibliography (both with Roberto Casati) and numerous articles on logic, formal semantics, and analytic metaphysics.

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ISBN 13 9780534506407
ISBN 10 0534506402
Titel Logics
Autor John Nolt
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Cengage Learning, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr 1996-08-26
Seitenanzahl 480
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