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  • Meaning and Argument

    An Introduction to Logic Through Language

    by Ernest Lepore, Sam Cumming ...
    Meaning and Argument is a popular introduction to philosophy of logic and philosophy of language.Offers a distinctive philosophical, rather than mathematical, approach to logicConcentrates on symbolization and works out all the technical logic with truth tables instead of derivationsIncorporates the insights of half a century's work in philosophy and linguistics on anaphora by Peter Geach, Gareth ... Read more

    $51.00 USD

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  • Apology

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    In what relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted 'if in any moderate degree he would have conciliated the favour of the dicasts;' and who informs us in another passage, on the testimony of ... Read more

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  • Novum Organum / The New Organon: The True Directions Concerning The Interpretation Of Nature (Mobi Classics)

    by Francis Bacon ...
    The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. In Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. For Bacon, finding the essence of a thing was a simple process of ... Read more

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  • Philosophical Logic

    by John P. Burgess ...
    Series series Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
    A brief account of philosophical logic from one of the world's leading authoritiesPhilosophical Logic is a clear and concise critical survey of nonclassical logics of philosophical interest written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. After giving an overview of classical logic, John Burgess introduces five central branches of nonclassical logic (temporal, modal, conditional, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Arithmetic of Life and Death

    by George Shaffner ...
    Whether you realize it or not, numbers are everywhere--and integral to almost every facet of your life . . . from your next raise in pay to the inevitable rise of inflation, your weekly family budget to your end of the national debt. And as George Shaffner amazingly reveals, there are discerning answers (and a great measure of comfort) in numbers. In The Arithmetic of Life, he applies the basic ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Secrets

    On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation

    by Sissela Bok ...
    The author of Lying shows how the ethical issues raised by secrets and secrecy in our careers or private lives take us to the heart of the critical questions of private and public morality. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Truth as One and Many

    by Michael P. Lynch ...
    What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories of truth hold that truth has only a single uniform nature. All truths are true in the same way. More recent deflationary theories claim that truth has no nature at all; the concept of truth is of no real philosophical importance. In this concise and clearly written book, Lynch argues that we should reject ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • If A, Then B

    How the World Discovered Logic

    by Michael Shenefelt, Heidi White ...
    While logical principles seem timeless, placeless, and eternal, their discovery is a story of personal accidents, political tragedies, and broad social change. If A, Then B begins with logic's emergence twenty-three centuries ago and tracks its expansion as a discipline ever since. It explores where our sense of logic comes from and what it really is a sense of. It also explains what drove human ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • On Preserving

    Essays on Preservationism and Paraconsistent Logic

    by Peter Schotch, Bryson Brown, Raymond Jennings ...
    Series series Toronto Studies in Philosophy
    Paraconsistent logic is a theory of reasoning in philosophy that studies inconsistent data. The discipline has several different schools of thought, including preservationism, which responds to the problems that arise when human beings continue to reason when faced with inconsistent data. On Preserving is the first complete account of the Preservationist School, which developed in Canada out of ... Read more

    $44.69 USD

  • Critical Thinking

    An Introduction to Reasoning Well

    by Dr Robert Arp, Dr Jamie Carlin Watson ...
    'You shouldn't drink too much. The Earth is round. Milk is good for your bones.' Are any of these claims true? How can you tell? Can you ever be certain you are right?For anyone tackling philosophical logic and critical thinking for the first time, Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well provides a practical guide to the skills required to think critically. From the basics of good ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

    Edited by Stewart Shapiro ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy. Since logic is the study of correct reasoning, it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system. Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general philosophical issues and for its role in overall knowledge- gathering. Today, philosophy of mathematics and ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Light from the East

    How the Science of Medieval Islam helped to shape the Western World

    by John Freely ...
    Long before the European Renaissance, while the western world was languishing in what was once called the 'Dark Ages', the Arab world was ablaze with the knowledge, invention and creativity of its Golden Age. This is the story of how Islamic science, which began with the translation of Greek manuscripts into Arabic in eighth-century Baghdad, preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from ... Read more

    $16.69 USD