| The Force of Argument: Essays in Honor of Timothy Smiley Contributor(s): Lear, Jonathan (Editor), Oliver, Alex (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415801206 ISBN-13: 9780415801201 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic; he has illuminated Aristotle's syllogistic, the ideas of logical form and consequence, and the distinction between assertion and rejection; and his debunking work on the theory of descriptions is a tour de force. In this volume, an international roster of contributors discuss Smiley's work to date; their essays will be of significant interest to those working across the logical spectrum-in philosophy of language, philosophical logic and mathematical logic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 160 |
| LCCN: 2009031248 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic. He has illuminated Aristotle's syllogistic, the ideas of logical form and consequence, and the distinction between assertion and rejection, and has worked to debunk the theory of descriptions. This volume brings together new articles by an international roster of leading logicians and philosophers in order to honour Smiley's work. Their essays will be of significant interest to those working across the logical spectrum-in philosophy of language, philosophical and mathematical logic, and philosophy of mathematics. |