{"product_id":"the-blackwell-guide-to-philosophical-logic-isbn-9780631206934","title":"The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic","description":"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. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLou Goble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Classical Logic I – First-Order Logic 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilfrid Hodges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Classical Logic II – Higher-Order Logic 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStewart Shapiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Set Theory 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn P. Burgess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaymond Smullyan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Truth 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnil Gupta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Logical Consequence 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia A. Blanchette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Modal Logic 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. J. Cresswell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Deontic Logic 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRisto Hilpinen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Epistemic Logic 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.-J. Ch. 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Horty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Probability, Logic, and Probability Logic 362\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Hájek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Conditionals 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy Edgington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Negation 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeinrich Wansing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Quantifiers 437\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDag Westerståhl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Logic and Natural Language 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice ter Meulen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 484\u003c\/p\u003e  \"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNuel Belnap, University of Pittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent collection of articles covering the main areas of philosophical logic, written by front-line, internationally known researchers in the field. It should be available in every serious library.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDov Gabbay, King's College, London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume on philosophical logic is a welcome and manageable resource. The editor is to be congratulated both on his choice of material and on his choice of collaborators. The result is a well-balanced mix of authoritative overviews of classical mathematical logic and up-to-date accounts of topics in linguistics and computer science.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKrister Segerberg, Uppsala University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"These twenty chapters cover the areas of logic of greatest interest to philosophers, and also to computer scientists, linguists, and cognitive scientists. They are written by world-class authorities in their fields and give comprehensive and definitive introductions to their subjects.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnie Lepore, Rutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For those interested in the philosophy of logic an excellent place to turn would be \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic\u003c\/i\u003e edited by Lou Goble. The book consists of 20 specially written essays by distinguished figures in the field, each with an editor's introduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The intended readership is philosophers and logicians, but there is much that will be of interest to computer scientists, cognative scientists and theoretical linguists. The Book is accessible to non-experts and experts will find much substance in the essays.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudia Logica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLOU GOBLE \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy at Willamette University. He has published numerous articles in philosophical logic in various anthologies and journals such as \u003ci\u003eJournal of Philosophical Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLogique et Analyse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Journal of Formal Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and other more general philosophy journals.  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