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Logic: A History of its Central Concepts
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 270.00The Handbook of the History of Logic is a multi-volume research instrument that brings to the development of logic the best in modern techniques of historical and interpretative scholarship. It is the first work in English in which the history of logic is presented so extensively. The volumes are numerous and large. Authors have been given considerable... more...
Logic and Structure
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99Dirk van Dalens popular textbook Logic and Structure, now in its fifth edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to the basics of classical and intuitionistic logic, model theory and Gödels famous incompleteness theorem. Propositional and predicate logic are presented in an easy-to-read style using Gentzens natural deduction.... more...
The Puzzle Instinct
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 15.95One of the most famous anagrams of all time was constructed in the Middle Ages. The unknown author contrived it as a Latin dialogue between Pilate and Jesus. Jesus' answer to Pilate's question "What is truth" is phrased as an ingenious anagram of the letters of that very question: Pilate: Quid est veritas? ... more...
Paradoxes from A to Z
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 21.95'This sentence is false'. Is it? If a hotel with an infinite number of rooms is fully occupied, can it still accommodate a new guest? How can we have emotional responses to fiction, when we know that the objects of our emotions do not exist? more...
Arguing Well
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 28.95Arguing Well is a lucid introduction to the nature of good reasoning, how to test and construct successful arguments. It assumes no prior knowledge of logic or philosophy. The book includes an introduction to basic symbolic logic. Arguing Well introduces and explains: * The nature and importance of arguments * What to look for in deciding whether arguments... more...
Probability: A Philosophical Introduction
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 32.95Probability: A Philosophical Introduction introduces and explains the principal concepts and applications of probability. It is intended for philosophers and others who want to understand probability as we all apply it in our working and everyday lives. The book is not a course in mathematical probability, of which it uses only the simplest results,... more...
Deducibility and Decidability
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 163.00This book presents the results of these thinkers in a newly unified manner and displays their significance for the philosophy of mathematics. more...
A New Introduction to Modal Logic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 50.95This long-awaited book replaces Hughes and Cresswell's two classic studies of modal logic: An Introduction to Modal Logic and A Companion to Modal Logic . A New Introduction to Modal Logic is an entirely new work, completely re-written by the authors. They have incorporated all the new developments that have taken place since 1968 in both modal... more...
Thought and World
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 28.00The author presents a deflationary theory of the content of semantic notions. He represents a broad range of these notions as being free from substantive metaphysical and empirical presuppositions. He also seeks to explain the intuition that there is a relation of mirroring or semantic correspondence linking thoughts to reality. more...
Free Logic
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 42.00Free logic is an important field of philosophical logic that first appeared in the 1950s. The author was one of its founders and coined the term itself. This collection explores the philosophical foundations of free logic and its application to areas such as the philosophy of religion and computer science. more...









