The Posing of Questions: Logical Foundations of Erotetic Inferences
Author:   A. Wisniewski
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
Volume:   252
ISBN:  

9789048145959


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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This book presents a novel approach to the logic of questions. This approach starts from the fact that in many cases arriving at a question resembles coming to a conclusion: there are premises involved and some inferential thought processes take place. These processes - erotetic inferences - occur in almost every process of reasoning, but logicians are just beginning to investigate them. This book systematically develops a conceptual framework for this new field of logic. It also contains a general overview of the existing logical theories of questions and a more detailed exposition of the most widely developed theories. The book is self-contained and presupposes only some knowledge of elementary formal logic. Although it is a study in the logic of questions, it may also be of interest to philosophers of science, cognitive scientists and computer scientists.

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Author:   A. Wisniewski
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
Volume:   252
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9789048145959


ISBN 10:   9048145953
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. Erotetic Inferences and How Questions Arise. 2. Logical Theories of Questions. 3. Questions. 4. Semantics. 5. Evocation of Questions. 6. Generation of Questions. 7. Erotetic implication. 8. Erotetic Arguments. Bibliography. Index of Symbols. Index of Subjects. Index of Names.

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