Logic
内容简介
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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作者简介
作者
格雷厄姆•普里斯特 墨尔本大学和纽约市立大学研究生中心哲学教授，圣安德鲁斯大学定期访问学者，毕业于剑桥大学和伦敦政治经济学院。主要从事逻辑悖论、弗协调逻辑和元哲学研究。主要著作有《非经典逻辑学简述》。
序言作者
鞠实儿 男，1953年生于杭州。哲学博士，中山大学逻辑与认知研究所所长，中山大学哲学系教授，逻辑学专业博士生导师。主要研究领域：非经典逻辑与逻辑哲学，逻辑学的认知基础，逻辑与文化。在Epistemologic、Journal of Philosophicallogic、Studia Loigca、IJCAI以及《中国社会科学》等国内外重要刊物和文集中发表论著共六十余篇。2008年创办中国第一份全国性逻辑学刊物《逻辑学研究》并担任主编。
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读书文摘
A valid inference is one where the conclusion follows from the premiss.
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