Exploring Topics in the History and Philosophy of Logic

George Englebretsen

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Exploring Topics in the History and Philosophy of Logic

George Englebretsen

Volume 67 in the series Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110435047

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About this book

While post-Fregean logicians tend to ignore or even denigrate the traditional logic of Aristotle and the Scholastics, new work in recent years has shown the viability of a renewed, extended, and strengthened logic of terms that shares fundamental features of the old syllogistic. A number of logicians, following the lead of Fred Sommers, have built just such a term logic. It is a system of formal logic that not only matches the expressive and inferential powers of today’s standard logic, but surpasses it and is far simpler and more natural. This book aims to substantiate this claim by exhibiting just how the term logic can shed need light on a variety of challenges that face any system of formal logic.

Author / Editor information

George Englebretsen, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Getting Oriented Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Liar’s Lookout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Ryle’s Way With the Liar* by Fred Sommers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. The Logic Mountain Range Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. On the Term Functor Trail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. The Four Corners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Referential Falls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. Strawberry Fields Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
8. Into the Metaphysical Bogs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
9. Ratiocination: An Empirical Account* by Fred Sommers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
10. Back to Logic Lodge, Base Camp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in logic, philosophy of language and theories of cognition.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 183
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Line drawings: 10
Keywords: syllogism; scholasticism; Aristotle

eBook

Published: September 14, 2015
ISBN: 9783110435047

Hardcover

Published: August 28, 2015
ISBN: 9783110442236