Predicate Logic (Hardcover)

The forms and scope of logic rest on assumptions of how language and reasoning connect to experience. In this volume an analysis of meaning and truth provides a foundation for studying modern propositional and predicate logics. Chapters on propositional logic, parsing propositions, and meaning, truth and reference give a basis for criteria that can be used to judge formalizations of ordinary language arguments. Over 120 worked examples of formalizations of propositions and arguments illustrate the scope and limitations of modern logic, as analyzed in chapters on identity, quantifiers, descriptive names, functions, and second-order logic. The chapter on second-order logic illustrates how different conceptions of predicates and propositions do not lead to a common basis for quantification over predicates, as they do for quantification over things. Notable for its clarity of presentation, and supplemented by many exercises, this volume is suitable for philosophers, linguists, mathematicians, and computer scientists who wish to better understand the tools they use in formalizing reasoning.

General

Imprint:	Advanced Reasoning Forum
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	L Epstein Richard
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	430
ISBN-13:	978-0-9834521-8-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
LSN:	0-9834521-8-0
Barcode:	9780983452188

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