An introduction to non-classical logic : from if to is / / Graham Priest [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454717603321
• Autore: Priest Graham
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-107-17665-4; 1-107-08629-9; 1-282-39019-8; 9786612390197; 0-511-64568-6; 0-511-80117-3; 0-511-64977-0; 0-511-39230-3; 0-511-56843-6; 0-511-39361-X
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxii, 613 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge introductions to philosophy
• Disciplina: 511.3
• Soggetti: Nonclassical mathematical logic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-602) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Mathematical Prolegomenon; Part I Propositional Logic; Postcript: An Historical Perspective on Conditionals; Part II Quantification and Identity; Postcript: A Methodological Coda; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: This revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction, but contains much new material. Part 2 is entirely new, and covers quantification and identity for all the logics in Part 1. The material is unified by the underlying theme of world semantics. All of the topics are explained clearly using ; devices such as tableau proofs, and their relation to current philosophical issues and debates are discussed. Students with a basic understanding of classical logic will find this book an invaluable introduction to an area that has become of central importance in both logic and philosophy. It will also interest people working in mathematics and computer science who wish to know about the area.