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Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic - From If to Is
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.
646 pages, Paperback
First published March 12, 2001
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December 12, 2023
not only is this the worst text book I have read about non-classical logic, It is also just a bad text book.
December 28, 2024
I've only read the first 120 or so pages, because I was mainly interested in modal logics. That said, this is a pretty bad textbook in terms of structure and having a clear learning path.
June 23, 2012
A nice, clear walk-through of tableau methods for non-standard sentence logic.
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September 26, 2016Course text much appreciated
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July 6, 2009I believe I'm going to recommend reading this and Ldm together.
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