Foundations of logical consequence / edited by Colin R. Caret, Ole T. Hjortland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caret, Colin R., editor.

Hjortland, Ole T., editor.

Series:

Mind Association occasional series.

Mind Association occasional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Consequentialism (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 357 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents new work on a central issue in the philosophy of logic. Leading figures in the field offer ground-breaking insights into topics including the nature of logical consequence; the relation between logic and inference; the relativity of logic; and the structural properties of the consequence relation.

Contents:

Logical consequence : its nature, structure, and application / Colin R. Caret and Ole T. Hjortland

What is logical validity? / Hartry Field

Logical consequence and natural language / Michael Glanzberg

Is the ternary R depraved? / Graham Priest

Proof-theoretic validity / Stephen Read

The categoricity of logic / Vann McGee

The meaning of logical terms / Stewart Shapiro

Breaking the chains : following-from and transitivity / Elia Zardini

Non-detachable validity and deflationism / Jc Beall

Embedding denial / David Ripley

Assertion, denial, accepting, rejecting, symmetry, and paradox / Greg Restall

Knowability remixed / Heinrich Wansing

Accuracy, logic, and degree of belief / J. Robert G. Williams.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-102480-5

0-19-178338-2