What Logics Mean: From Proof Theory to Model-Theoretic Semantics

by James W. Garson

2020-12-30 07:08:22

What do the rules of logic say about the meanings of the symbols they govern? In this book, James W. Garson examines the inferential behaviour of logical connectives (such as 'and', 'or', 'not' and 'if then'), whose behaviour is defined by strict rul... Read more
What do the rules of logic say about the meanings of the symbols they govern? In this book, James W. Garson examines the inferential behaviour of logical connectives (such as 'and', 'or', 'not' and 'if then'), whose behaviour is defined by strict rules, and proves definitive results concerning exactly what those rules express about connective truth conditions. He explores the ways in which, depending on circumstances, a system of rules may provide no interpretation of a connective at all, or the interpretation we ordinarily expect for it, or an unfamiliar or novel interpretation. He also shows how the novel interpretations thus generated may be used to help analyse philosophical problems such as vagueness and the open future. His book will be valuable for graduates and specialists in logic, philosophy of logic, and philosophy of language. Less

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File size9.61 X 6.69 X 0.67 in
Print pages302
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date November 14, 2013
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781107039100

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