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This book introduces the reader to relevant logic and provides the subject with a philosophical interpretation. It offers a systematic account of the motivation, key features and applications of this type of logic, with particular emphasis on its philosophical dimension.

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Relevant Logic and its Semantics: 1. What is relevant logic and why do we need it?; 2. Possible worlds and beyond; 3. Situating implication; 4. Ontological interlude; 5. Negation; 6. Modality, entailment and quantification; Part II. Conditionals: 7. Indicative conditionals; 8. Counterfactuals; Part III. Inference and its Applications: 9. The structure of deduction; 10. Disjunctive syllogism; 11. Putting relevant logic to work; 12. Afterword; Appendix A: the logic R; Appendix B: Routley-Meyer semantics for R; Glossary; References; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 2/26/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521829236, 978-0521829236
      ISBN10: 0521829232
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      Cognitivism, cognitive theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book introduces the reader to relevant logic and provides the subject with a philosophical interpretation. It offers a systematic account of the motivation, key features and applications of this type of logic, with particular emphasis on its philosophical dimension.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Relevant Logic and its Semantics: 1. What is relevant logic and why do we need it?; 2. Possible worlds and beyond; 3. Situating implication; 4. Ontological interlude; 5. Negation; 6. Modality, entailment and quantification; Part II. Conditionals: 7. Indicative conditionals; 8. Counterfactuals; Part III. Inference and its Applications: 9. The structure of deduction; 10. Disjunctive syllogism; 11. Putting relevant logic to work; 12. Afterword; Appendix A: the logic R; Appendix B: Routley-Meyer semantics for R; Glossary; References; Index.

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