SW - Logic 1

It is a currently popular view that essences, laws, and logic are among the grounds of necessity and possibility. Another such idea relates essences, laws, and logic closely to causal explanations a……続きを見る

'Ich denke, also bin ich' - dieses Lebensgefühl ist den meisten Menschen eigen. Die alten vedischen Schriften sagen jedoch, dass Denken eine Art künstliches Leben darstellt. Die wirkliche Existenz u……続きを見る

"Ich denke, also bin ich" – dieses Lebensgefühl ist den meisten Menschen eigen. Die alten vedischen Schriften sagen jedoch, dass Denken eine Art künstliches Leben darstellt. Die wirkliche Existenz u……続きを見る

**“Remarkable.”ーWall Street Journal A thinking person’s guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Ea……続きを見る

This work represents an attempt to show that standard systems of deontic logic (taken as attempts to codify normal deontic reasoning) run into a number of difficulties. It also presents a new system……続きを見る

The title of the book Indian Philosophical Wisdom: Some Glimpses itself signifies its importance. Indeed, philosophy is involved in every sphere of human life ー literature, creative art, culture, e……続きを見る

Argumentation, which can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, is an important skill to learn for everyday life, law, science, politics and……続きを見る

Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas W……続きを見る

Part of the GREAT PHILOSOPHERS series. A.J. Ayer 1910-1989 Ayer is best remembered for Language, Truth and Logic (1936), which introduced British and American readers to the logical positivism of th……続きを見る

This long-awaited book replaces Hughes and Cresswell's two classic studies of modal logic: An Introduction to Modal Logic and A Companion to Modal Logic. A New Introduction to Modal Logic is an enti……続きを見る

Designed for use by philosophy students, this 2006 book provides an accessible, yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications. Every effort has been made to simpl……続きを見る

Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers i……続きを見る

Is what could have happened but never did as real as what did happen? What did happen, but isn't happening now, happened at another time. Analogously, one can say that what could have happened happe……続きを見る

What do the rules of logic say about the meanings of the symbols they govern? In this book, James W. Garson examines the inferential behaviour of logical connectives (such as 'and', 'or', 'not' and ……続きを見る

A vital contribution to legal theory and media and civic discourse In the 1860s, northern newspapers attacked Abraham Lincoln's policies by attacking his character, using the terms "drunk," "baboon,……続きを見る

Originally published in 1938. This compact treatise is a complete treatment of Aristotle’s logic as containing negative terms. It begins with defining Aristotelian logic as a subject-predicate logic……続きを見る

With this issue we initiate the policy of expanding the scope of Tulane Studies in Philosophy to include, in addition to the work of members of the department, contributions from philosophers who ha……続きを見る

'A Book That I Would Read' reviews the definitions & connotations of thirty-one of the most important words & phrases in the English dictionary. Many moments lead to 'A Book That I Would Read'. Begi……続きを見る

Originally published in 1991, this volume examines Hegel’s political philosophy from the perspective of his argument for constitutional monarchy. It offers an interpretation of Hegelian theory that ……続きを見る

STOICISM Stoicism is an ancient school of philosophy, first developed around 300BCE. Inside this book, we will explore exactly how Stoicism came to be, some of the greatest Stoics in history, what t……続きを見る

First published in 1927, this translation of Kulpe’s ‘Einleitung in die Philosophie’, 1895, covered psychology, logic, ethics, esthetics and general philosophy. The author adopted a uniform approach……続きを見る

How do we explain violence? What is so significant of modern forms of violence that it has produced such large-scale destruction in its wake? This volume builds on the political philosophy of Wittge……続きを見る

STOICISM Stoicism is an ancient school of philosophy, first developed around 300BCE. Inside this book, we will explore exactly how Stoicism came to be, some of the greatest Stoics in history, what t……続きを見る

This book on modal logic is especially designed for philosophy students. It provides an accessible yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications. Every effort is ……続きを見る

This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspectives, investigating the relationship between emotions, persuasion and ……続きを見る

The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures ove……続きを見る

A study of the role of abductive inference in everyday argumentation and legal evidence Examines three areas in which abductive reasoning is especially important: medicine, science, and law. The rea……続きを見る

Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation presents the basic tools for the identification, analysis, and evaluation of common arguments for beginners. The book teaches by using examples of arguments in……続きを見る

Scare Tactics, the first book on the subject, provides a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation. Such arguments come under the heading of the argumentum ad……続きを見る