Logic: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Priest, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192893203 ISBN 13: 9780192893208

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2000

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Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.

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Graham Priest is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland. He has also held positions at the University of St Andrews and the University of Western Australia. He is the author of In Contradiction, Beyond the Limits of Thought, and over 100 articles in philosophy books and journals. He has held visiting positions in universities in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, and Brazil, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192893203
• ISBN 13: 9780192893208
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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