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A formal logic used by philosophers which studies the logical relationships between propositions by distinguishing between atomic propositions, such as “Bob likes swimming” and “Bob won the 50m freestyle,” and the special logical terms which connect these propositions, known as the logical connectives.
logic is now a very major area of philosophical logic, alongside default logics, labelled deductive systems, fibring logics, and multi-dimensional, multimodal and substructural logics.
This textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to topics including the objectivity of logical inference rules and its relevance in discussions of epistemological relativism, the revived interest in logical pluralism, the question of logic’s metaphysical neutrality, and the demarcation between logic and mathematics.
John Burgesscharacterizes philosophical logic as a branch of formal logic: “Philosophical logic as understood here is the part of logic dealing with what classical logic leaves out, or allegedly gets wrong” (Burgess
1. WHAT IS LOGIC? Logic may be defined as the science of reasoning. However, this is not to suggest that logic is an empirical (i.e., experimental or observational) science like physics, biology, or psychology. Rather, logic is a non-empirical science like mathematics. Also, in saying that logic is the science of reasoning, we do not mean
24 Σεπ 2023 · What is Logic? 2. Evaluating Arguments. 3. Formal Logic in Philosophy. 4. Informal Fallacies. 5. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. Ancillary Material. Submit ancillary resource. About the Book. Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively.
philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of logic, including an overview of the major problems, positions, and battle lines. In line with the underlying theme of the series, each author was given a free hand to develop his or her distinctive viewpoint. Thus, the various chapters are not neutral.
