An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic
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Publisher Description
This revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition, published in 2008, brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction, but contains much new material. Part 2 is entirely new, and covers quantification and identity for all the logics in Part 1. The material is unified by the underlying theme of world semantics. All of the topics are explained clearly using devices such as tableau proofs, and their relation to current philosophical issues and debates are discussed. Students with a basic understanding of classical logic will find this book an invaluable introduction to an area that has become of central importance in both logic and philosophy. It will also interest people working in mathematics and computer science who wish to know about the area.
Customer Reviews
Full of errors
I have no way of comparing this to the original, but the ebook is full of errors in notation that make reading it impossible. A simple example is the tableau for (p -> r) v (q -> r) does not imply (p v q) -> r which is presented as a proof that (p -> r) & (q -> r) does not imply (p v q) -> r. The notation of what is being proved switches back and forth.