The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses. Haack discusses the scope and purpose of logic, validity, truth-functions, quantification and ontology, names, descriptions, truth, truth-bearers, the set-theoretical and semantic paradoxes, and modality. She also explores the motivations for a whole range of nonclassical systems of logic, including many-valued logics, fuzzy logic, modal and tense logics, and relevance logics.
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"...an excellent survey of issues." Gilbert Harman, Journal of Symbolic Logic
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The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack's book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its accessibility, clarity, conciseness, orderliness, and range as well as for its thorough scholarship and careful analyses.Haack discusses the scope and purpose of logic, validity, truth-functions, quantification and ontology, names, descriptions, truth, truth-bearers, the set-theoretical and semantic paradoxes, and modality. She also explores the motivations for a whole range of non-classical systems of logic, including many-valued logics, fuzzy logic, moddal and tense logics, and relevance logics.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A bit difficult, but very rewarding,
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If you just heard something about logic and is looking for something interesting to read there may be easier and funnier books. But, if you have some knowledge of elementary formal logic and are motivated to take some time to learn about the philosophy of logic, this is a very rewarding book - it's real modern analytic philosophy at its best.
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Most lucid and accessible introduction to the field by far,
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Philosophy of logic . . . well, a discipline which really must be learned at the feet of a master. But for us ordinary folk who have to get through logic courses, Haack's book, despite the odd title, is a masterpiece of lucidity, simplicity, and comprehensiveness, in a field where virtually all other entrees read like "greek" for the greekless, or . . . well, logic for the ???
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Haack does a decent job of introducing the important aspects of the philosophy of logic and introduces some intriguing theories of her own, but her style is dry and not easy to approach, even for a philosophical text.
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The business of philosophy of logic, as I understand it, is to investigate the philosophical problems raised by logic - as the business of the philosophy of science is to investigate the philosophical problems raised by science, and of the philosophy of mathematics to investigate the philosophical problems raised by mathematics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
narrow analyticity, strong psychologism, guaranteeing criterion, weak psychologism, standard logical apparatus, sentence calculus, compound wff, relevance logicians, objectual interpretation, material adequacy condition, modal predicate logic, substitutional interpretation, nominalist version, local pluralism, deviant logic, inductive strength, sentence logic, formal logical systems, global pluralism, informal arguments, classical logician, substitutional quantification, predicate calculi, strict implication, ordinary proper names Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The business of philosophy of logic, as I understand it, is to investigate the philosophical problems raised by logic - as the business of the philosophy of science is to investigate the philosophical problems raised by science, and of the philosophy of mathematics to investigate the philosophical problems raised by mathematics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
narrow analyticity, strong psychologism, guaranteeing criterion, weak psychologism, standard logical apparatus, sentence calculus, compound wff, relevance logicians, objectual interpretation, material adequacy condition, modal predicate logic, substitutional interpretation, nominalist version, local pluralism, deviant logic, inductive strength, sentence logic, formal logical systems, global pluralism, informal arguments, classical logician, substitutional quantification, predicate calculi, strict implication, ordinary proper names Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
King of France, Sherlock Holmes, Evening Star, Morning Star, World War, Beginning Logic, Strengthened Liar New!
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- Symbolic Logic by Irving M. Copi on 5 pages
- Paradox of the Liar by Robert L. Martin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Philosophy of logic (Harper essays in philosophy) by Hilary Putnam on page 225, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philosophical Logic (Readings in Philosophy) by P.F. Strawson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Open Society and Its Enemies, Vol. 1: The Spell of Plato by Sir Karl Raimund Popper on page 115, and Back Matter
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- An Introduction to Philosophical Logic by Anthony C. Grayling on 5 pages
- Philosophical Logic: An Introduction by Sybil Wolfram on page 78, page 161, and Back Matter
- Thinking About Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic (OPUS) by Stephen Read on page 33, page 169, and Back Matter
- The Correspondence Theory of Truth: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Predication (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Andrew Newman on page 176, page 204, and Back Matter
- Zeichen Und Bezeichnetes: Sprachphilosophische Untersuchungen Zum Problem Der Referenz (Foundations of Communication) (German Edition) by Edmund Runggaldier on page 138, and Back Matter
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