{"product_id":"a-companion-to-philosophical-logic-isbn-9781405145756","title":"A Companion to Philosophical Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection of newly comissioned essays by international contributors offers a representative overview of the most important developments in contemporary philosophical logic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents controversies in philosophical implications and applications of formal symbolic logic.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys major trends and offers original insights.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Logic, Philosophy, and Philosophical Logic – \u003ci\u003eDale Jacquette\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Historical Development of Logic 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ancient Greek Philosophical Logic \u003ci\u003e– Robin Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 History of Logic: Medieval – \u003ci\u003eE. P. Bos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eB. G. Sundholm\u003c\/i\u003e 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Rise of Modern Logic – \u003ci\u003eRolf George\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJames Van Evra\u003c\/i\u003e 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Symbolic Logic and Ordinary Language 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Language, Logic, and Form – \u003ci\u003eKent Bach\u003c\/i\u003e 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Puzzles about Intensionality – \u003ci\u003eNathan Salmon\u003c\/i\u003e 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Symbolic Logic and Natural Language – \u003ci\u003eEmma Borg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eErnest Lepore\u003c\/i\u003e 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Philosophical Dimensions of Logical Paradoxes 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Logical Paradoxes – \u003ci\u003eJames Cargile\u003c\/i\u003e 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Semantical and Logical Paradox – \u003ci\u003eKeith Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Philosophical Implications of Logical Paradoxes – \u003ci\u003eRoy A. Sorensen\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Truth and Definite Description in Semantic Analysis 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Truth, the Liar, and Tarski’s Semantics – \u003ci\u003eGila Sher\u003c\/i\u003e 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Truth, the Liar, and Tarskian Truth Definition – \u003ci\u003eGreg Ray\u003c\/i\u003e 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Descriptions and Logical Form – \u003ci\u003eGary Ostertag\u003c\/i\u003e 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Russell’s Theory of Definite Descriptions as a Paradigm for Philosophy – \u003ci\u003eGregory Landini\u003c\/i\u003e 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Concepts of Logical Consequence 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Necessity, Meaning, and Rationality: The Notion of Logical Consequence – \u003ci\u003eStewart Shapiro\u003c\/i\u003e 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Varieties of Consequence – \u003ci\u003eB. G. Sundholm\u003c\/i\u003e 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Modality of Deductively Valid Inference – \u003ci\u003eDale Jacquette\u003c\/i\u003e 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Logic, Existence, and Ontology 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Quantifiers, Being, and Canonical Notation – \u003ci\u003ePaul Gochet\u003c\/i\u003e 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 From Logic to Ontology: Some Problems of Predication, Negation, and Possibility – \u003ci\u003eHerbert Hochberg \u003c\/i\u003e281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Putting Language First: The ‘Liberation’ of Logic from Ontology – \u003ci\u003eErmanno Bencivenga\u003c\/i\u003e 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Metatheory and the Scope and Limits of Logic 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Metatheory – \u003ci\u003eAlasdair Urquhart\u003c\/i\u003e 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Metatheory of Logics and the Characterization Problem – \u003ci\u003eJan Wole´nski\u003c\/i\u003e 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Logic in Finite Structures: Definability, Complexity, and Randomness – \u003ci\u003eScott Weinstein\u003c\/i\u003e 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Logical Foundations of Set Theory and Mathematics 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Logic and Ontology: Numbers and Sets – \u003ci\u003eJosé A. Benardete\u003c\/i\u003e 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Logical Foundations of Set Theory and Mathematics – \u003ci\u003eMary Tiles\u003c\/i\u003e 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Property-Theoretic Foundations of Mathematics – \u003ci\u003eMichael Jubien\u003c\/i\u003e 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Modal Logics and Semantics 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Modal Logic – \u003ci\u003eJohan van Benthem\u003c\/i\u003e 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 First-Order Alethic Modal Logic – \u003ci\u003eMelvin Fitting\u003c\/i\u003e 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Proofs and Expressiveness in Alethic Modal Logic – \u003ci\u003eMaarten de Rijke and Heinrich Wansing\u003c\/i\u003e 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Alethic Modal Logics and Semantics – \u003ci\u003eGerhard Schurz\u003c\/i\u003e 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Epistemic Logic – \u003ci\u003eNicholas Rescher\u003c\/i\u003e 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Deontic, Epistemic, and Temporal Modal Logics – \u003ci\u003eRisto Hilpinen\u003c\/i\u003e 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Intuitionistic, Free, and Many-Valued Logics 511\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Intuitionism – \u003ci\u003eDirk van Dalen and Mark van Atten\u003c\/i\u003e 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Many-Valued, Free, and Intuitionistic Logics – \u003ci\u003eRichard Grandy\u003c\/i\u003e 531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Many-Valued Logic – \u003ci\u003eGrzegorz Malinowski\u003c\/i\u003e 545\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Inductive, Fuzzy, and Quantum Probability Logics 563\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Inductive Logic – \u003ci\u003eStephen Glaister\u003c\/i\u003e 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Heterodox Probability Theory – \u003ci\u003ePeter Forrest\u003c\/i\u003e 582\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Why Fuzzy Logic? – \u003ci\u003ePetr Hájek\u003c\/i\u003e 595\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII Relevance and Paraconsistent Logics 607\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Relevance Logic – \u003ci\u003eEdwin D. Mares\u003c\/i\u003e 609\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 On Paraconsistency – \u003ci\u003eBryson Brown\u003c\/i\u003e 628\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Logicians Setting Together Contradictories: A Perspective on Relevance, Paraconsistency, and Dialetheism – \u003ci\u003eGraham Priest\u003c\/i\u003e 651\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XIII Logic, Machine Theory, and Cognitive Science 665\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Logical and the Physical – \u003ci\u003eAndrew W. Hodges\u003c\/i\u003e 667\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Modern Logic and its Role in the Study of Knowledge – \u003ci\u003ePeter A. Flach\u003c\/i\u003e 680\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Actions and Normative Positions: A Modal-Logical Approach – \u003ci\u003eRobert Demolombe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAndrew J. I. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e 694\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XIV Mechanization of Logical Inference and Proof Discovery 707\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The Automation of Sound Reasoning and Successful Proof Finding – \u003ci\u003eLarry Wos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBranden Fitelson\u003c\/i\u003e 709\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 A Computational Logic for Applicative Common LISP – \u003ci\u003eMatt Kaufmann\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJ. Strother Moore\u003c\/i\u003e 724\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Sampling Labeled Deductive Systems – \u003ci\u003eD. M. Gabbay\u003c\/i\u003e 742\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 771\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 776\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Here is a first-class collection of articles by a first-class collection of authors. It covers the full range of philosophical logic from its history through its philosophy to its applications, with a lot of good, solid logic all along the way. Of particular value is the way it presents multiple voices on common topics. This is the way philosophy should be done.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLou Goble, Willamette University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale Jacquette\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eMeinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Thought in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eSymbolic Logic\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eDavid Hume's Critique of Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eOn Boole: Logic as Algebra\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), as well as numerous articles on logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and Wittgenstein. He is editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2001) and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Logic: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e  This collection of newly commissioned essays by international contributors offers a representative overview of the most important developments in contemporary philosophical logic. Written by experts from a variety of different logical and philosophical perspectives, the volume presents controversies in philosophical implications and applications of formal symbolic logic. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach section features contributors currently active in research who explain the central ideas of their special field and take a philosophical stand on recent issues in the intersection of logic and analytic philosophy. Taken together, the essays survey major trends and offer original insights to advance research and philosophical discussion. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Philosophical Logic\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art handbook for students and professional researchers in philosophical logic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988613349605,"sku":"NP9781405145756","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405145756.jpg?v=1761780975","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-philosophical-logic-isbn-9781405145756","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}