Overview

In this challenging and provocative analysis, Dale Jacquette argues that contemporary philosophy labours under a number of historically inherited delusions about the nature of logic and the philosophical significance of certain formal properties of specific types of logical constructions. Exposing some of the key misconceptions about formal symbolic logic and its relation to thought, language and the world, Jacquette clears the ground of some very well-entrenched philosophical doctrines about the nature of logic, including some of the most fundamental seldom-questioned parts of elementary propositional and predicate-quantificational logic. Having presented difficulties for conventional ways of thinking about truth functionality, the metaphysics of reference and predication, the role of a concept of truth in a theory of meaning, among others, Jacquette proceeds to reshape the network of ideas about traditional logic that philosophy has acquired along with modern logic itself. In so doing Jacquette is able to offer a new perspective on a number of existing problems in logic and philosophy of logic.

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Author:   Dale Jacquette
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Acumen Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781844656806

ISBN 10:   1844656802
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   31 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: logic, philosophy, analysis 1. Logical form 2. Monkey raisins 3. The secret life of truth functions 4. Reference and identity 5. Intensional versus extensional semantics 6. Truth 7. Logical and semantic paradoxes Conclusion: Moral lessons of logic Notes Bibliography Index

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The questions this book deals with deserve close investigation. The book also offers a rare opportunity to think about the limitations of our standard logic and semantic analysis from an overall perspective. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"""The questions this book deals with deserve close investigation. The book also offers a rare opportunity to think about the limitations of our standard logic and semantic analysis from an overall perspective."" - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"

Author Information

Dale Jacquette is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland

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