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Logical form has always been a prime concern for philosophers
belonging to the analytic tradition. For at least one century, the
study of logical form has been widely adopted as a method of
investigation, relying on its capacity to reveal the structure of
thoughts or the constitution of facts. This book focuses on the
very idea of logical form, which is directly relevant to any
principled reflection on that method. Its central thesis is that
there is no such thing as a correct answer to the question of what
is logical form: two significantly different notions of logical
form are needed to fulfill two major theoretical roles that pertain
respectively to logic and to semantics. This thesis has a negative
and a positive side. The negative side is that a deeply rooted
presumption about logical form turns out to be overly optimistic:
there is no unique notion of logical form that can play both roles.
The positive side is that the distinction between two notions of
logical form, once properly spelled out, sheds light on some
fundamental issues concerning the relation between logic and
language.
What can epistemology tell us about love? Here two philosophers use
their training in arguments and reasoning to uncover the role of
ungrounded beliefs when we fall in love. This not a self-help book,
it is a philosophy book. Free of advice, methods and strategies for
being successful in love, it does not offer solutions for problems.
What it gives us instead is a reading of love as it actually is.
The authors illustrate the fallacies of love by drawing on personal
experiences, literary characters and imaginary individuals. They
provide examples of ungrounded beliefs in Aesop’s Fables,
Cinderella and Don Giovanni amongst others, and illustrate love as
an inexhaustible source of misperceptions, misunderstandings and
misconceptions. By tackling those characteristic and all-too
familiar ways in which ungrounded love beliefs arise, the book
forces us to question why baseless beliefs are maintained and
reinforced, showing us that many love beliefs are built on anything
but logic.
This textbook is a logic manual which includes an elementary course
and an advanced course. It covers more than most introductory logic
textbooks, while maintaining a comfortable pace that students can
follow. The technical exposition is clear, precise and follows a
paced increase in complexity, allowing the reader to get
comfortable with previous definitions and procedures before facing
more difficult material. The book also presents an interesting
overall balance between formal and philosophical discussion, making
it suitable for both philosophy and more formal/science oriented
students. This textbook is of great use to undergraduate philosophy
students, graduate philosophy students, logic teachers,
undergraduates and graduates in mathematics, computer science or
related fields in which logic is required.
Logical form has always been a prime concern for philosophers
belonging to the analytic tradition. For at least one century, the
study of logical form has been widely adopted as a method of
investigation, relying on its capacity to reveal the structure of
thoughts or the constitution of facts. This book focuses on the
very idea of logical form, which is directly relevant to any
principled reflection on that method. Its central thesis is that
there is no such thing as a correct answer to the question of what
is logical form: two significantly different notions of logical
form are needed to fulfill two major theoretical roles that pertain
respectively to logic and to semantics. This thesis has a negative
and a positive side. The negative side is that a deeply rooted
presumption about logical form turns out to be overly optimistic:
there is no unique notion of logical form that can play both roles.
The positive side is that the distinction between two notions of
logical form, once properly spelled out, sheds light on some
fundamental issues concerning the relation between logic and
language.
Over the past few years, the tree model of time has been widely
employed to deal with issues concerning the semantics of tensed
discourse. The thought that has motivated its adoption is that the
most plausible way to make sense of indeterminism is to conceive of
future possibilities as branches that depart from a common trunk,
constituted by the past and the present. However, the thought still
needs to be further articulated and defended, and several important
questions remain open, such as the question of how actuality can be
understood and formally represented in a branching framework. The
present volume is intended to be a 360 degree reflection on the
tree model. The contributions is gathers concern the model and its
alternatives, both from a semantic and from a metaphysical point of
view.
What can epistemology tell us about love? Here two philosophers use
their training in arguments and reasoning to uncover the role of
ungrounded beliefs when we fall in love. This not a self-help book,
it is a philosophy book. Free of advice, methods and strategies for
being successful in love, it does not offer solutions for problems.
What it gives us instead is a reading of love as it actually is.
The authors illustrate the fallacies of love by drawing on personal
experiences, literary characters and imaginary individuals. They
provide examples of ungrounded beliefs in Aesop’s Fables,
Cinderella and Don Giovanni amongst others, and illustrate love as
an inexhaustible source of misperceptions, misunderstandings and
misconceptions. By tackling those characteristic and all-too
familiar ways in which ungrounded love beliefs arise, the book
forces us to question why baseless beliefs are maintained and
reinforced, showing us that many love beliefs are built on anything
but logic.
This textbook is a logic manual which includes an elementary course
and an advanced course. It covers more than most introductory logic
textbooks, while maintaining a comfortable pace that students can
follow. The technical exposition is clear, precise and follows a
paced increase in complexity, allowing the reader to get
comfortable with previous definitions and procedures before facing
more difficult material. The book also presents an interesting
overall balance between formal and philosophical discussion, making
it suitable for both philosophy and more formal/science oriented
students. This textbook is of great use to undergraduate philosophy
students, graduate philosophy students, logic teachers,
undergraduates and graduates in mathematics, computer science or
related fields in which logic is required.
Over the past few years, the tree model of time has been widely
employed to deal with issues concerning the semantics of tensed
discourse. The thought that has motivated its adoption is that the
most plausible way to make sense of indeterminism is to conceive of
future possibilities as branches that depart from a common trunk,
constituted by the past and the present. However, the thought still
needs to be further articulated and defended, and several important
questions remain open, such as the question of how actuality can be
understood and formally represented in a branching framework. The
present volume is intended to be a 360 degree reflection on the
tree model. The contributions is gathers concern the model and its
alternatives, both from a semantic and from a metaphysical point of
view. "
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