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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Oliver (University of Cambridge) , Timothy Smiley (University of Cambridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.606kg ISBN: 9780198744382ISBN 10: 0198744382 Pages: 398 Publication Date: 03 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The project 2: 1.3 Strategies for a logic of plurals 3: Changing the subject 4: Predicative analyses 5: Terms--singular and plural 6: The indeterminacy of plural denotation 7: Some basic ideas of plural logic 8: Plural descriptions 9: Multivalued functions 10: Lists 11: Singular logic 12: Mid-plural logic 13: Full plural logic 14: Cantorian set theory Postscript: unfinished business Principal symbols Glossary References IndexReviewsThroughout the book the exposition is clear; the arguments cogent; the formalism as transparent as can be. Proofs are relegated to appendices. This is a rewarding book. It deserves study in any course in philosophical or mathematical logic, and a place in every logician's library. * Louis F Goble, zbmath * A veritable tour de force. * Lloyd Humberstone, Australasian Journal of Philosophy * In their clear and combative style, they introduce the relevant notions and offer rebuttals to arguments that would oppose their own positions ... Oliver and Smiley's book is full of careful and precise developments, as well as witty arguments... provides a good survey of plural logic and the most important issues connected to it. * David A. Nicolas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * In this second edition the authors refine their fight against singularism, and confirm their Cantor-inspired idea of collection, which goes hand in hand with their vindication of empty terms. The main developments with respect to the first edition, on the one hand, incorporate the authors' recent work on the topic, and, on the other hand, serve to make more explicit what 'the enemy' is ... In sum, the lack of existential assumptions in the authors' system of plural logic, and the genuinely plural character of their notion of plurality (at any level), are emphasized in this second edition, expanded in both the technical and the philosophical aspects. * Paloma Perez-Ilzarbe, MathSciNet * Throughout the book the exposition is clear; the arguments cogent; the formalism as transparent as can be. Proofs are relegated to appendices. This is a rewarding book. It deserves study in any course in philosophical or mathematical logic, and a place in every logician's library. * Louis F Goble, zbmath * A veritable tour de force. * Lloyd Humberstone, Australasian Journal of Philosophy * In their clear and combative style, they introduce the relevant notions and offer rebuttals to arguments that would oppose their own positions ... Oliver and Smiley's book is full of careful and precise developments, as well as witty arguments... provides a good survey of plural logic and the most important issues connected to it. * David A. Nicolas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * `In their clear and combative style, they introduce the relevant notions and offer rebuttals to arguments that would oppose their own positions. . . Oliver and Smiley's book is full of careful and precise developments, as well as witty arguments. . . provides a good survey of plural logic and the most important issues connected to it.' David A. Nicolas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews `A veritable tour de force.' Lloyd Humberstone, Australasian Journal of Philosophy `Throughout the book the exposition is clear; the arguments cogent; the formalism as transparent as can be. Proofs are relegated to appendices. This is a rewarding book. It deserves study in any course in philosophical or mathematical logic, and a place in every logician's library.' Louis F Goble, zbmath In their clear and combative style, they introduce the relevant notions and offer rebuttals to arguments that would oppose their own positions... Oliver and Smiley's book is full of careful and precise developments, as well as witty arguments... provides a good survey of plural logic and the most important issues connected to it. David A. Nicolas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews A veritable tour de force. Lloyd Humberstone, Australasian Journal of Philosophy Throughout the book the exposition is clear; the arguments cogent; the formalism as transparent as can be. Proofs are relegated to appendices. This is a rewarding book. It deserves study in any course in philosophical or mathematical logic, and a place in every logician's library. Louis F Goble, zbmath Throughout the book the exposition is clear; the arguments cogent; the formalism as transparent as can be. Proofs are relegated to appendices. This is a rewarding book. It deserves study in any course in philosophical or mathematical logic, and a place in every logician's library. * Louis F Goble, zbmath * A veritable tour de force. * Lloyd Humberstone, Australasian Journal of Philosophy * In their clear and combative style, they introduce the relevant notions and offer rebuttals to arguments that would oppose their own positions. . . Oliver and Smiley's book is full of careful and precise developments, as well as witty arguments. . . provides a good survey of plural logic and the most important issues connected to it. * David A. Nicolas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Author InformationAlex Oliver read philosophy at Cambridge and Yale. After a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he joined the Faculty of Philosophy where he is now a Professor. He was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship and the Mind Association's Senior Research Fellowship for work in logic. Timothy Smiley studied logic and philosophy at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1948, before reading mathematics at Cambridge. After service in the RAF and the Air Ministry he was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, but opted to take up a Research Fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Senior Tutor of his College and was a University Lecturer in Philosophy before being elected as Knightbridge Professor in 1980. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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