Description
Book Synopsis* Exercises are integrated throughout the book. * Interactive introduction which engages the reader. * Each chapter concludes with updated notes to guide further reading. * Includes the results of recent work and examines the formal languages of classical first order logic and modal logic, and some alternatives.
Trade Review"This book provides a valuable philosophical accompaniment to the study of elementary formal logic, demonstrating the role of logical analysis in philosophy. The second edition takes account of new work from the last decade, and presents the old material with even greater clarity."
Dorothy Edgington, University of Oxford "Logical Forms is written in a way that makes the dry, abstract problems of philosophical logic accessible. It is one of the best books of its kind and is thoroughly recommended." Francis Moorcroft, University of Hull, THES, 1/6/01
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction.
1. Validity.
2. Truth Functionality.
3. Conditionals and Probabilities.
4. Quantification.
5. Necessity.
6. The Project pf formalization.
Glossary.
List of Symbols.
Bibliography.
Index.