Logical Form Between Logic and Natural Language

Logical Form Between Logic and Natural Language / by Andrea Iacona.

Logical form has always been a prime concern for philosophers belonging to the analytic tradition. For at least one century, the study of logical form has been widely adopted as a method of investigation, relying on its capacity to reveal the structure of thoughts or the constitution of facts. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iacona, Andrea (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 393
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Logic.
Semantics.
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Mathematical logic.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The early history of logical form
  • 2. The ideal of logical perfection
  • 3. Formal languages and natural languages
  • 4. Logical form and syntactic structure
  • 5. Logical form and truth conditions
  • 6. Logical knowledge vs knowledge of logical form
  • 7. Validity
  • 8. Quanti ed sentences
  • 9. Further issues concerning quanti cation
  • Afterword.

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