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Titolo |
The force of argument : essays in honor of Timothy Smiley / / edited by Jonathan Lear and Alex Oliver |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-16584-X |
1-135-16585-8 |
1-282-97426-2 |
9786612974267 |
0-203-85981-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; ; 18 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LearJonathan |
OliverAlex |
SmileyT. J (Timothy John) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Logic |
Philosophy, Modern - 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Philosophy In and Out of the Armchair; 2 Restricted Quantifiers and Logical Theory; 3 Logical Form; 4 The Socratic Elenchus: No Problem; 5 What Makes Mathematics Mathematics?; 6 Smiley's Distinction Between Rules of Inference and Rules of Proof; 7 Relative Validity and Vagueness; 8 The Force of Irony; 9 The Matter of Form: Logic's Beginnings; 10 Abstractionist Class Theory: Is There Any Such Thing?; 11 A Case of Mistaken Identity? |
12 Inferential Semantics for First-Order Logic: Motivating Rules of Inference from Rules of EvaluationBibliography of Works by Timothy Smiley; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic; he has illuminated Aristotle's syllogistic, the ideas of logical form and consequence, and the distinction between assertion and rejection; and his debunking work on the theory of descriptions is a tour de force. In |
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