Logical Inquiries

Nicholas Rescher

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Logical Inquiries

Basic Issues in Philosophical Logic

Nicholas Rescher

Volume 6 in the series Eide

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110347814

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About this book

Logic is of course a general resource for reasoning at large. But in the first half of the twentieth century, it developed particularity with a view to mathematical applications, and the field of mathematical logic came into being and flourished. In the second half of the century, much the same happened with regard to philosophical applications. Hence philosophical logic.

Thedeliberations of this book cover a varied but interrelated array of key issues in the field. They address the representation of information in linguistic formulation, and modes of cogent demonstration in logic, mathematics, and empirical investigation, as well as the role of logic in philosophical deliberations. Overall, the book seeks to demonstrate and illustrate the utility of logic as a productive resource for rational inquiry at large.

Author information

Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. The Duality of Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. On Reductive Argumentation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
3. Predicative Vagrancy and the Limits of Standard Predicate Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Paradoxes of Cognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5. Meaninglessness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6. On Contingency and Necessity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
7. Is there an Inductive Logic? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
8. Provability Incompleteness in Gödel and Leibniz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
9. Logic and the Interconnection of Philosophical Issues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (Philosophy, Mathematics), Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 144
Keywords: Symbolic Logic; Philosophical Logic; Formal Reasoning

eBook

Published: May 21, 2014
ISBN: 9783110347814

Hardcover

Published: April 14, 2014
ISBN: 9783110344837