The Logic of Entailment and its History
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- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2025
Summary
The Logic of Entailment: A Historical and Philosophical Journey
What follows from what, and how do we make statements (whether true or false) about which inferences are correct? In this book, Edwin Mares provides a new philosophical, semantical, and historical analysis of and justification for the relevant logic of entailment.
In the first half of the book, he examines some key ideas in the historical development of the logic of entailment, looking in particular at the notio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009375276 |
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| ISBN-10: | 100937527X |
| Author: | Edwin Mares |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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‘The Logic of Entailment and Its History by Edwin Mares is interesting, erudite, and original. It seamlessly weaves together contemporary research in logic with its history. The result is a novel, accessible take on entailment and its use in our scientific theories.’ Zach Weber, University of Otago
About The Author
Edwin Mares
Edwin Mares is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Relevant Logic: A Philosophical Interpretation (Cambridge, 2004).
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