Truth before Logic

Truth before Logic
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 149
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ISBN-10 : 9798385220922
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Synopsis Truth before Logic by : Michael B. Mitchell

Truth before Logic explores the provocative implications of the claim that “you can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.” Chesterton counters the sterile, truncated worldview of scientism with an appeal to a deep awareness in the heart and mind without which there would be neither science nor religion. He stirs a buried awareness of the lucid but inarticulate truth that “romance is the deepest thing in life,” and counters a myopic materialism by making us more aware of the reality that racks the soul “with something of which God keeps the secret but which is stronger than sorrow or joy.” Few voices will be more helpful in enabling the contemporary reader to understand science within the full scope of human experience. Chesterton’s insights are an antidote to the soul-atrophy that results from scientism and a ballast of sanity in a confidently confused world.

Before Logic

Before Logic
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 0791445321
ISBN-13 : 9780791445327
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Before Logic by : Richard Mason

Argues that there is an undeniable and essentially historical dimension to logic.

Logic

Logic
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 9780691151632
ISBN-13 : 0691151636
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Logic by : Nicholas J.J. Smith

Provides an essential introduction to classical logic.

Before Logic

Before Logic
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 9780791492802
ISBN-13 : 079149280X
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Synopsis Before Logic by : Richard Mason

2000 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic—too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions. Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic. Logic then, cannot be the basis for metaphysics—or an important grounding for philosophical investigations—because too many important assumptions precede it. The difficulty this position presents is that it avoids the obvious objections of relativism. This controversial topic strikes at the heart of much post-Wittgensteinian and post-Heideggerian thought.

Logic

Logic
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 9780253004451
ISBN-13 : 0253004454
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Logic by : Martin Heidegger

Heidegger’s radical thinking on the meaning of truth in a “clear and comprehensive critical edition” (Philosophy in Review). Martin Heidegger’s 1925–26 lectures on truth and time provided much of the basis for his momentous work, Being and Time. Not published until 1976—three months before Heidegger’s death—as volume 21 of his Complete Works, it is nonetheless central to Heidegger’s overall project of reinterpreting Western thought in terms of time and truth. The text shows the degree to which Aristotle underlies Heidegger’s hermeneutical theory of meaning. It also contains Heidegger’s first published critique of Husserl and takes major steps toward establishing the temporal bases of logic and truth. Thomas Sheehan’s elegant and insightful translation offers English-speaking readers access to this fundamental text for the first time.

Language, Truth and Logic

Language, Truth and Logic
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : 9780486113098
ISBN-13 : 0486113094
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Language, Truth and Logic by : Alfred Jules Ayer

"A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." — Bertrand Russell First published in 1936, this first full-length presentation in English of the Logical Positivism of Carnap, Neurath, and others has gone through many printings to become a classic of thought and communication. It not only surveys one of the most important areas of modern thought; it also shows the confusion that arises from imperfect understanding of the uses of language. A first-rate antidote for fuzzy thought and muddled writing, this remarkable book has helped philosophers, writers, speakers, teachers, students, and general readers alike. Mr. Ayers sets up specific tests by which you can easily evaluate statements of ideas. You will also learn how to distinguish ideas that cannot be verified by experience — those expressing religious, moral, or aesthetic experience, those expounding theological or metaphysical doctrine, and those dealing with a priori truth. The basic thesis of this work is that philosophy should not squander its energies upon the unknowable, but should perform its proper function in criticism and analysis.

Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox

Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 0872200876
ISBN-13 : 9780872200876
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox by : Vann McGee

Awarded the 1988 Johnsonian Prize in Philosophy. Published with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Selected Logic Papers

Selected Logic Papers
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 0674798368
ISBN-13 : 9780674798366
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Selected Logic Papers by : Willard Van Orman Quine

For more than two generations, W. V. Quine has contributed fundamentally to the substance, the pedagogy, and the philosophy of mathematical logic. Selected Logic Papers, long out of print and now reissued with eight additional essays, includes much of the author's important work on mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics from the past sixty years.

Objective Logical Reasoning

Objective Logical Reasoning
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Publisher : Vikas Publishing House
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9789325995482
ISBN-13 : 9325995484
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Objective Logical Reasoning by : Vikas Experts

Test Prep for Objective Logical Reasoning

Theo-Logic

Theo-Logic
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Publisher : Ignatius Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781681495804
ISBN-13 : 1681495805
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Theo-Logic by : Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Theo-Logic is the third and crowning part of the great trilogy of the masterwork of theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, following his first two parts, The Glory of the Lord and Theo-Drama. Theo-Logic is a variation of theology, it being about not so much what man says about God, but what God speaks about Himself. Balthasar does not address the truth about God until he first reflects on the beauty of God (Glory of the Lord). Then he follows with his reflections on the great drama of our salvation and the goodness and mercy of the God who saves us (Theo-Drama). Now, in this work, he is ready to reflect on the truth that God reveals about Himself, which is not something abstract or theoretical, but rather the concrete and mysterious richness of God's being as a personal and loving God.