Author

Publication

2003-05-01 - Blackwell Publishing Limited

Language

English

Word Count

114,000 words, Guess

Page Count

456 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101405107839
  • ISBN-139781405107839
  • Goodreads494698
  • LibraryThing435598
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002038482
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781405107839
  • Open LibraryOL8405049M

Classifications

  • LCCBC108 .L44 2003
  • LCCBC108.L44 2003

Description

"Meaning and Argument shifts introductory logic from the traditional emphasis on proofs to the symbolization of arguments. Another distinctive feature of this book is that it shows how the need for expressive power and for drawing distinctions forces formal language development.". "At each stage of system elaboration and development, the book answers metalogical questions. Why is a particular formalism needed? What must go into such a formalism and why? These questions engage students in a collective injury which allows them to see logical studies as a human enterprise aimed at achieving well-understood purposes - clarity and good reasoning." "The volume is ideal as an introduction to formal logic, philosophical logic, and philosophy of language."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

What do these passages have in common in virtue of which each is an argument in our sense?

Subjects

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  • Meaning and ArgumentPaperbackBlackwell Publishing Limited2003-05-01

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