| Description |
153 pages ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
SUNY series in philosophy |
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SUNY series in philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-149) and index. |
| Contents |
What can be -- The truth in what we say -- What must be so -- Talking about things -- Getting around language -- Logic must take care of itself. |
| Summary |
"Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic - too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions. Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Logic.
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Logic. (OCoLC)fst01002014
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| ISBN |
0791445313 (hc ; alk. paper) |
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9780791445310 (hc ; alk. paper) |
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0791445321 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780791445327 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780585301891 |
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0585301891 |
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