Before logic / Richard Mason. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Richard, 1948-

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Summary:

"Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic - too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions. Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic."--Jacket.

Contents:

What can be

The truth in what we say

What must be so

Talking about things

Getting around language

Logic must take care of itself.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-149) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9280-X

0-585-30189-1