Thinking About Logic

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic

By: Stephen Read

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Paperback | 5 September 2000

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Logic deals with the inevitable - those consequences which follow inescapably from a given set of premisses. This fact has caused it to be seen as different from other more self-questioning branches of philosophy. In this book, Stephen Read sets out to rescue logic from its undeserved reputation as an inflexible, dogmatic discipline by demonstrating that its technicalities and processes are founded on assumptions which are themselves amenable to philosophical investigation. He examines the fundamental principles of consequence, logical truth and correct inference within the context of logic, and shows that the principles by which we delineate consequences are themselves not guaranteed free from error. Central to the notion of truth is the beguiling issue of paradox. Its philosophical value, Read shows, lies in exposing the invalid assumption on which the paradox is built. Thinking About Logic also discusses logical puzzles which introduce questions relating to language, the world, and their relationship. While formal logic often employs its own esoteric language, the achievement of this book is to focus on those issues which raise exciting philosophical questions, and to make them intelligible to readers with no previous knowledge of logic.

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...intelligent, informed, and provocative.....this is a worthy book. I hope it is found by its appropriate audience.--Teaching Philosophy

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Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Truth, Pure and Simple: Language and the World	p. 5
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 31
The Power of Logic: Logical Consequence	p. 35
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 61
To Think but of an If: Theories of Conditionals	p. 64
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 91
The Incredulous Stare: Possible Worlds	p. 96
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 117
Plato's Beard: on What There is and What There Isn't	p. 121
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 144
Well, I'Ll Be Hanged! the Semantic Paradoxes	p. 148
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 168
Bald Men Forever: The Sorites Paradox	p. 173
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 198
Whose Line is It Anyway? the Constructivist Challenge	p. 203
Summary and Guide to Further Reading	p. 234
Select Bibliography	p. 241
Glossary	p. 248
Index	p. 253
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