The Doctrine of Propositions and Terms book by Arthur N. Prior

Arthur N. Prior

ISBN 10: 0715606913 / ISBN 13: 9780715606919

Editore: Duckworth, 1976

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Arthur Prior's Formal Logic has been familiar to students for twenty years, but the historical section that was originally meant to accompany it was never published. In this book P. T. Geach and A. J. P. Kenny have selected from those parts of the material that were not superseded by Prior's later publica- tions a self-contained study of the philosophical prehistory of contemporary logic. Like Prior's early work Logic and the Basis of Ethics the material here presented is both historical and critical: Prior was not concerned to decide for us the controverted questions of logical doctrine which he discusses. He may be compared to an experienced judge sum- ming up in a complicated civil action: the case for each side is clearly and fairly presented, and although on some issues the summing up amounts to a pretty clear direction of the jury, the jurymen themselves are left to decide the issues. The value of such an historical survey is to be measured by the ill effects of ignoring our predecessors' labours. The course o.

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• Titolo: The Doctrine of Propositions and Terms book by Arthur N. Prior
• Editore: Duckworth
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0715606913
• ISBN 13: 9780715606919
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
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