Meaning and Proscription in Formal Logic : Variations on the Propositional Logic of William T. Parry Paperback / softback
by Thomas Macaulay Ferguson
Part of the Trends in Logic series
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This book aids in the rehabilitation of the wrongfully deprecated work of William Parry, and is the only full-length investigation into Parry-type propositional logics. A central tenet of the monograph is that the sheer diversity of the contexts in which the mereological analogy emerges – its effervescence with respect to fields ranging from metaphysics to computer programming – provides compelling evidence that the study of logics of analytic implication can be instrumental in identifying connections between topics that would otherwise remain hidden.
More concretely, the book identifies and discusses a host of cases in which analytic implication can play an important role in revealing distinct problems to be facets of a larger, cross-disciplinary problem. It introduces an element of constancy and cohesion that has previously been absent in a regrettably fractured field, shoring up those who are sympathetic to the worth of mereological analogy.
Moreover, it generates new interest in the field by illustrating a wide range of interesting features present in such logics – and highlighting these features to appeal to researchers in many fields.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages, 9 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 198 p. 9 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:06/06/2019
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- ISBN:9783319889979
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages, 9 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 198 p. 9 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:06/06/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9783319889979
