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[1] [2] Like many other disciplines, logic involves various philosophical presuppositions which are addressed by the philosophy of logic. [3] The philosophy of logic can be understood in analogy to other discipline-specific branches of philosophy: just like the philosophy of science investigates philosophical problems raised by science, so the ...
Alfred Tarski, Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics: Papers from 1923 to 1938, 1956/1983; William Kneale and Martha Kneale, The Development of Logic, 1962; Saul Kripke, "Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic", 1963; Donald Davidson, "Truth and Meaning", 1967; Willard Van Orman Quine, Philosophy of Logic, 1970/1986; David K. Lewis ...
John Corcoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr k ər ən / KOR-kər-ən; March 20, 1937 – January 8, 2021) was an American logician, philosopher, mathematician, and historian of logic.He is best known for his philosophical work on concepts such as the nature of inference, relations between conditions, argument-deduction-proof distinctions, the relationship between logic and epistemology, and the place of proof ...
Logic: The Laws of Truth is a 2012 book by Nicholas J. Smith, in which the author provides an introduction to classical logic. It covers the formal tools and techniques of logic and their underlying rationales and broader philosophical significance.
This is a list of academic journals in logic. Annals of Mathematical Logic, Vols 1–23, 1970–1982. Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 1983 ff. (Successor of the Annals of Mathematical Logic). Annals of the Japan Association for the Philosophy of Science, Tokyo 1956/1957 ff. Analysis, Oxford 1933/34 ff.
Language-- Language, Proof and Logic-- Lateral thinking-- Law of excluded middle-- Law of identity-- Law of non-contradiction-- Law of noncontradiction-- Law of thought-- Laws of Form-- Laws of logic-- Leap of faith-- Lemma (logic)-- Lexical definition-- Linear logic-- Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations-- Linguistics and Philosophy ...
Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras and founder of Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy (India, c. 6th century BC to 2nd century CE) Gangesha Upadhyaya , author of Tattvacintāmaṇi (A Thought-Jewel of Truth) and founder of Navya-Nyāya (India, c. 14th century CE)
The history of logic deals with the study of the development of the science of valid inference ().Formal logics developed in ancient times in India, China, and Greece.Greek methods, particularly Aristotelian logic (or term logic) as found in the Organon, found wide application and acceptance in Western science and mathematics for millennia. [1]