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Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
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The first of five planned volumes, this book collects Wittgenstein’s unabridged writings on mathematics and logic composed between 1941 and 1943.In 1956, a significant but abridged portion of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s 1937–1944 writings for a continuation of what became Philosophical Investigations was published as Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics. Now, in the five German-English facing pages volumes of Remarks on Mathematics and Logic, these writings are presented in full as Wittgenstein wrote them: in chronological order, without editorial omissions, selections, or rearrangements.Volume IV contains materials from 1941 to 1943, including one previously unpublished manuscript and three manuscripts from which selections were made for the previous abridgment. The topics covered in this volume include the philosophy of mathematics, mathematical foundationalism, surveyability in mathematics, language-games and proof-networks, Gödelian undecidability, pictures in mathematics, Cantorian diagonal proofs, applied mathematics without pure mathematics, and mathematics and chess, among others.This German-English facing pages edition presents Wittgenstein’s writings in their original context—as Wittgenstein wrote them, in chronological order, and without editorial omissions, selections, or rearrangements.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
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For more than six decades, and for thousands of students, Introduction to Logic has been the gold standard in introductory logic texts. In this fifteenth edition, Carl Cohen and Victor Rodych update Irving M. Copi’s classic text, improving on its many strengths and introducing new and helpful material that will greatly assist both students and instructors.In particular, chapters 1, 8, and 9 have been greatly enhanced without disturbing the book’s clear and gradual pedagogical approach.Specifically:Chapter 1 now uses a simpler and better definition of "deductive validity," which enhances the rest of the book (especially chapters 1 and 8-10, and their new components)Chapter 8 now has:Simpler definitions of "simple statement" and "compound statement"More and more detailed examples of the Complete Truth-Table Method Chapter 9 now has:A detailed, step-by-step account of the Shorter Truth-Table Method (with detailed step-by-step examples for conclusions of different types)A more complete and detailed account of Indirect ProofA detailed justification for Indirect Proof treating each of the three distinct ways in which an argument can be validA new section on Conditional Proof, which complements the 19 Rules of Inference and Indirect ProofExplications of proofs of tautologies using both Indirect Proof and Conditional ProofA new section at the end of the chapter explaining the important difference between sound and demonstrative arguments The Appendices now include:A new appendix on making the Shorter Truth-Table Technique (STTT) more efficient by selecting the most efficient sequence of STTT stepsA new appendix on Step 1 calculations for multiple-line shorter truth tablesA new appendix on unforced truth-value assignments, invalid arguments, and Maxims III-V In addition, a Companion Website will offer:For Students:A Proof CheckerComplete Truth Table ExercisesShorter Truth-Table ExercisesA Truth-Table VideoVenn Diagram Testing of SyllogismsHundreds of True/False and Multiple Choice QuestionsFor Instructors:An Instructor’s ManualA Solutions Manualwww.routledge.com/cw/9781138500860