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The New Rhetoric and the Humanities. Essays on Rhetoric and Its Applications.
Chaim Perelman
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paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Modern logic has Wldergone some remarkable developments in the last hun dred years. These have contributed to the extraordinary use of formal logic which has become essentially the concern of mathematicians. This has led to attempts to identify logic with formal logic. The claim has even been made that all non-formal reasoning, to the extent that it cannot be formalized, no longer belongs to logic. This conception leads to a genuine impoverishment of logic as well as to a narrow conception of reason. It means that as soon as demonstrative proofs are no longer available reason will no longer dominate. ... Read more
Modern logic has Wldergone some remarkable developments in the last hun dred years. These have contributed to the extraordinary use of formal logic which has become essentially the concern of mathematicians. This has led to attempts to identify logic with formal logic. The claim has even been made that all non-formal reasoning, to the extent that it cannot be formalized, no longer belongs to logic. This conception leads to a genuine impoverishment of logic as well as to a narrow conception of reason. It means that as soon as demonstrative proofs are no longer available reason will no longer dominate. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Co.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027710192
SKU
KTS0036259
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