An Introduction to Philosophical Logic

by Grayling, Anthony C.

• ISBN13: 9780631199823
• ISBN10: 0631199829
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

An Introduction to Philosophical Logic has been a popular mainstay among students taking courses in philosophical logic and the philosophy of language since it was first published in 1982. Covering some of the most central topics in philosophy - the proposition, theories of truth, existence, meaning and reference, realism and anti-realism - it aims to be an accessible guide to the topic. This new edition keeps the same successful format, with each chapter as a self-contained introduction to the topic it discusses, but has been rewritten to include updated information. The author has also included a new chapter on identity, has revised his concluding comments and has completely updated the bibliography.

Author Biography

A.C. Grayling is Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and aFellow of St Anne's Colege, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface

Philosophical Logic, the Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy and Logic

The Proposition

Necessity, Analyticity and the A Priori

Existence, Presuppositions and Descriptions

Truth: The Pragmatic and Coherence and Correspondence Theories

Truth: Semantics, Deflation, Idefinability and Evaluation

Meaning, Reference, Verification and Use

Truth, Meaning, Realism and Anti-realism

Realism, Anti-realism, Idealism, Relativism

Bibliography

Index

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