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Author Long, Peter, 1926-

Title Logic, form, and grammar [electronic resource] / Peter Long.

Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

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Description x, 110 p.
Series International library of philosophy
International library of philosophy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-[110]).
Summary "We frequently use hypotheticals in our arguments with the common sense assertion that they are a logical form. "If I pass my exams then I will be able to continue my studies. I passed my exams therefore I will be continuing my studies". The conclusion of such an argument is clearly inferred from the hypothetical. Yet hypotheticals are one of the long-standing problems in the study of logic: the claim that they fall under the logical form has never been proven. So how then can logic claim to be the science of formal inference? Peter Long resolves these difficulties and others, and challenges traditional thinking in the area. In addition to his essay on hypotheticals, this study also contains two essays concerned with classical problems in philosophical logic, relating to notions of logical form and formal relations. How do we relate a thing with having a property as in "This sheet is white" or of the proposition "London is north of Paris", where this is an expression of a relation to a relation?"
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Form (Logic)
Logic.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0203470974
041524224X

 
    
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