By delving into the history and envelopment of logic from its beginnings to the modern era, George Englebretsen rehabilitates term logic and demonstrates that an enhanced traditional logic remains a viable possibility. Taking inspiration from Fred Sommers' work, he creates an updated and fascinating version of term logic; one he believes to be just as legitimate as, and in ways superior to, the currently predominant mathematical logic.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-267) and index
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- 160
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- 20
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- 9780776616926 0776604236
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- BC135
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- E57 1996eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxi, 274 p.)
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326774 (OCoLC)180704089 (CaOOCEL)403774
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- Logic of terms
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword 10
- Preface 18
- Introduction 24
- What Is a Logical Constant? 24
- The Problem of Sentential Unity 26
- Notes 29
- PART I 30
- Chapter One: The Good Old Days of the Bad Old Logic (or, Adam's Fall) 32
- Aristotle's Syllogistic 32
- Scholastic Additions 39
- Cartesian Interlude 46
- Leibnizian Insights 53
- Nineteenth-Century Algebraists 64
- Notes 72
- Chapter Two: A Modern Success Story (or, Frege to the Rescue) 76
- Frege 76
- Bradley and Ramsey Raise Some Doubts 87
- Russell and Wittgenstein 92
- Strawson, Geach, and Quine 101
- Notes 116
- PART II 120
- Chapter Three: Coming to Terms with Sommers 122
- The Calculus of Terms 122
- The Logic of Natural Language 145
- The Truth 158
- The Laws of Thought 165
- Notes 170
- Chapter Four: It All Adds Up 172
- Plus/Minus 172
- Truth and What 'There' Is 208
- A New System of Diagrams 211
- Notes 260
- Conclusion 262
- Bibliography 266
- Index of Names 292
- A 292
- B 292
- C 292
- D 293
- E 293
- F 293
- G 293
- H 293
- I 294
- J 294
- K 294
- L 294
- M 295
- N 295
- O 295
- P 295
- Q 295
- R 296
- S 296
- T 296
- V 297
- W 297
