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Logic for Philosophy
Theodore Sider
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Description for Logic for Philosophy
Paperback. Logic for Philosophy is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. It is suitable both for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in philosophy. It is very user-friendly for students without much background in mathematics. It gives you the logic you need to do philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Logic for Philosophy is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. It is suitable both for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in philosophy. It covers (i) basic approaches to logic, including proof theory and especially model theory, (ii) extensions of standard logic that are important in philosophy, and (iii) some elementary philosophy of logic. It emphasizes breadth rather than depth. For example, it discusses modal logic and counterfactuals, but does not prove the central metalogical results for predicate logic (completeness, undecidability, etc.) Its goal is to introduce students to the logic they need to know in ... Read more
Logic for Philosophy is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. It is suitable both for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in philosophy. It covers (i) basic approaches to logic, including proof theory and especially model theory, (ii) extensions of standard logic that are important in philosophy, and (iii) some elementary philosophy of logic. It emphasizes breadth rather than depth. For example, it discusses modal logic and counterfactuals, but does not prove the central metalogical results for predicate logic (completeness, undecidability, etc.) Its goal is to introduce students to the logic they need to know in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199575589
SKU
V9780199575589
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About Theodore Sider
Theodore Sider is Professor of Philosophy at New York University
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