The Logic of Entailment and its History

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-37531-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

What follows from what, and how do we make statements (whether true or false) about which inferences are correct? In this book, Edwin Mares provides a new philosophical, semantical and historical analysis of and justification for the relevant logic of entailment. In the first half of the book he examines some key ideas in the historical development of the logic of entailment, looking in particular at the notion 'is derivable from' and at how symbolic logic has attempted to capture this notion. In the second half of the book he develops his own theory connecting ideas from the traditions in mathematical logic with some ideas in the philosophy of science. The book's fresh and original perspective on the logic of entailment will be valuable for all who want to know more about the historical and philosophical origins of modern symbolic logic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mares, Edwin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why Entailment?; Part I. Entailment in the 20th Century: 2. C.I. Lewis and his school; 3. Entailment and possibleworlds; 4. Entailment and relevance; 5. Reflexivity; Part II. Theories and Entailment: 6. Theories and closure; 7. Theories of entailment; Part III. The Logic E of Relevant Entailment: 8. The logic of entailment; 9. Negation and disjunction; 10. Quantification; 11. Entailment and reasoning; Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Mares, Edwin
Edwin Mares is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Relevant Logic: A Philosophical Interpretation (Cambridge, 2004).