Aspects of Aristotle’s Logic of Modalities
Author : J. van Rijen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 1988-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780792300489
Themes in Neoplatonic and Aristotelian Logic
Author : John N. Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1351880047
Book Description
Were the most serious philosophers of the millennium 200 A.D. to 1200 A.D. just confused mystics? This book shows otherwise. John Martin rehabilitates Neoplatonism, founded by Plotinus and brought into Christianity by St. Augustine. The Neoplatonists devise ranking predicates like good, excellent, perfect to divide the Chain of Being, and use the predicate intensifier hyper so that it becomes a valid logical argument to reason from God is not (merely) good to God is hyper-good. In this way the relational facts underlying reality find expression in Aristotle's subject-predicate statements, and the Platonic tradition proves able to subsume Aristotle's logic while at the same time rejecting his metaphysics. In the Middle Ages when Aristotle's larger philosophy was recovered and joined again to the Neoplatonic tradition which was never lost, Neoplatonic logic lived along side Aristotle's metaphysics in a sometime confusing and unsettled way. Showing Neoplatonism to be significantly richer in its logical and philosophical ideas than it is usually given credit for, this book will be of interest not just to historians of logic, but to philosophers, logicians, linguists, and theologians.
Ewa Orłowska on Relational Methods in Logic and Computer Science
Author : Joanna Golińska-Pilarek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2018-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3319978799
Book Description
This book is a tribute to Professor Ewa Orłowska, a Polish logician who was celebrating the 60th year of her scientific career in 2017. It offers a collection of contributed papers by different authors and covers the most important areas of her research. Prof. Orłowska made significant contributions to many fields of logic, such as proof theory, algebraic methods in logic and knowledge representation, and her work has been published in 3 monographs and over 100 articles in internationally acclaimed journals and conference proceedings. The book also includes Prof. Orłowska’s autobiography, bibliography and a trialogue between her and the editors of the volume, as well as contributors' biographical notes, and is suitable for scholars and students of logic who are interested in understanding more about Prof. Orłowska’s work.
Forall X
Author : P. D. Magnus
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Logic
ISBN :
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle
Author : Christopher Shields
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0195187482
Book Description
This book reflects the lively international character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from Europe, North America, and Asia. It also reflects the broad range of activity Aristotelian studies comprise today, informed by cutting-edge philological research and focusing as its core activity on textual exegesis and philosophical criticism.
Logic For Dummies
Author : Mark Zegarelli
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2006-11-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0471799416
Book Description
A straightforward guide to logic concepts Logic concepts are more mainstream than you may realize. There’s logic every place you look and in almost everything you do, from deciding which shirt to buy to asking your boss for a raise, and even to watching television, where themes of such shows as CSI and Numbers incorporate a variety of logistical studies. Logic For Dummies explains a vast array of logical concepts and processes in easy-to-understand language that make everything clear to you, whether you’re a college student of a student of life. You’ll find out about: Formal Logic Syllogisms Constructing proofs and refutations Propositional and predicate logic Modal and fuzzy logic Symbolic logic Deductive and inductive reasoning Logic For Dummies tracks an introductory logic course at the college level. Concrete, real-world examples help you understand each concept you encounter, while fully worked out proofs and fun logic problems encourage you students to apply what you’ve learned.
An Introduction to Formal Logic
Author : Peter Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release : 2003-11-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521008044
Book Description
Formal logic provides us with a powerful set of techniques for criticizing some arguments and showing others to be valid. These techniques are relevant to all of us with an interest in being skilful and accurate reasoners. In this highly accessible book, Peter Smith presents a guide to the fundamental aims and basic elements of formal logic. He introduces the reader to the languages of propositional and predicate logic, and then develops formal systems for evaluating arguments translated into these languages, concentrating on the easily comprehensible 'tree' method. His discussion is richly illustrated with worked examples and exercises. A distinctive feature is that, alongside the formal work, there is illuminating philosophical commentary. This book will make an ideal text for a first logic course, and will provide a firm basis for further work in formal and philosophical logic.
Necessity and Possibility
Author : Michael Tooley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Causation
ISBN : 9780815333821
Book Description
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Formal and Informal Methods in Philosophy
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004420509
Book Description
This book examines the tension between formal and informal methods in philosophy. The rise of analytic philosophy was accompanied by the development of formal logic and many successful applications of formal methods. But analytical philosophy does not rely on formal methods alone. Elements of broadly understood informal logic and logical semiotics, procedures used in natural sciences and humanities, and various kinds of intuition also belong to the philosopher’s toolkit. Papers gathered in the book concern the opposition formality–informality as well as other pairs, such as methodology versus metaphilosophy, interdisciplinarity versus intradisciplinarity, and methodological uniformity versus diversity of sciences. Problems of the nature of logic and the explanatory role of mathematical theories are also discussed.
Language, Proof, and Logic
Author : Dave Barker-Plummer
Publisher : Stanford Univ Center for the Study
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781575866321
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: Language, proof, and logic / Jon Barwise & John Etchemendy.
