Description: Extensively classroom-tested, this text provides an accessible and carefully structured introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The authors cover the basic formal frameworks, as well as considering a variety of philosophical issues surrounding 'possibilities and paradox'. In order to aid understanding, each chapter provides the following features: exercises to give students hands-on experience, examples to demonstrate the application of concepts and a list of further readings. JC Beall is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Forthcoming publications include 'Logical Pluralism' (with Greg Restall) and 'Deflationism and Paradox' (edited with Bradley Armour-Garb). Bas C. van Fraassen is the McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Past publications include 'The Empirical Stance' (2002), 'Topics in the Foundation of Statistics' (1997) and 'Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View' (1991).
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EAN: 9780199259878
UPC: 9780199259878
ISBN: 9780199259878
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Item Length: 23.2 cm
Book Title: Possibilities and Paradox: an Introduction to Modal and Many-Valued Logic
Item Height: 233mm
Item Width: 156mm
Author: Bas C. Van Fraassen, Jc Beall
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Item Weight: 374g
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
