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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic

Edited by: Lou Goble

Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides

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"Suppose your friend - or your student, or yourself - knows a little logic and a little philosophy. If you wish that person to gain an early appreciation of philosophical logic, then this book is a perfect gift - or assignment, or purchase. Written by outstanding philosophical logicians, its clear and authoritative chapters guide the reader directly into the heart of each topic. There are enough details to create genuine understanding, but not so many as to intimidate. The term 'guide' is exactly the right word for this splendid book." Nuel Belnap, University of Pittsburgh

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This volume presents a definitive introduction to twenty core areas of philosophical logic including classical logic, modal logic, alternative logics and close examinations of key logical concepts.

TopTable of Contents

List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: Lou Goble (Willamette University).
1. Classical Logic I - First-Order Logic: Wilfrid Hodges (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London).
2. Classical Logic II - Higher-Order Logic: Stewart Shapiro (The Ohio State University at Newark; University of St.Andrews).
3. Set Theory: John P. Burgess (Princeton University).
4. Godel's Incompleteness Theorems: Raymond Smullyan (Indiana University).
5. Truth: Anil Gupta (Indiana University).
6. Logical Consequence: Patricia A. Blanchette (University of Notre Dame).
7. Modal Logic: M. J. Cresswell (Victoria University of Wellington).
8. Deontic Logic: Risto Hilpinen (University of Miami, Coral Gables).
9. Epistemic Logic: J.-J. Ch. Meyer (Utrecht University) .
10. Temporal Logic: Yde Venema (University of Amsterdam).
11. Intuitionistic Logic: Dirk van Dalen (Utrecht University).
12. Free Logics: Karel Lambert (University of California at Irvine and the University of Salzburg).
13. Relevant Logics: Edwin D. Mares (Victoria University of Wellington) and Robert K. Meyer (Australian National University).
14. Many-Valued Logics: Grzegorz Malinowski (University of Ódê).
15. Nonmonotonic Logic: John F. Horty (University of Maryland).
16. Probability, Logic, and Probability Logic: Alan Hájek (California Institute of Technology).
17. Conditionals: Dorothy Edgington (University of Oxford).
18. Negation: Heinrich Wansing (Dresden University of Technology).
19. Quantifiers: Dag Westerståhl (Göteborg University).
20. Logic and Natural Language: Alice ter Meulen (University of Groningen).
Index.

TopAbout the Author

LOU GOBLE is Professor of Philosophy at Willamette University. He has published numerous articles in philosophical logic in various anthologies and journals such as Journal of Philosophical Logic, Logique et Analyse, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, and other more general philosophy journals.