The Continuum Companion to Philosophical Logic

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Leon Horsten, Richard Pettigrew
A&C Black, Aug 4, 2011 - Philosophy - 637 pages

The Continuum Companion to Philosophical Logic offers the definitive guide to a key area of contemporary philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental areas of philosophical logic - topics that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Seventeen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to classical logic and its rivals, extensional and intensional extensions of classical logic, semantics for parts of natural language, and the application of logic in the theory of rationality. Crucially the emphasis is on the role that logic plays in understanding philosophical problems. 


Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a detailed list of resources, a bibliography and a companion website, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in contemporary philosophical logic.

 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Mathematical Methods in Philosophy
14
How to Use This Book
27
3 Logical Consequence
29
4 Identity and Existence in Logic
54
5 Quantification and Descriptions
77
6 HigherOrder Logic
105
7 The Paradox of Vagueness
128
13 Truth and Paradox
351
14 Indicative Conditionals
383
15 Probability
406
16 Pure Inductive Logic
428
17 Belief Revision
450
18 Epistemic Logic
503
19 Logic of Decision
543
20 Further Reading
575

8 Negation
180
9 GameTheoretical Semantics
216
10 Mereology
271
11 The Logic of Necessity
299
12 Tense or Temporal Logic
324
Bibliography
582
General Index
629
Author Index
636
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About the author (2011)

Leon Horsten is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK. Richard Pettigrew is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK.

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