Jan Von Plato

Elements of Logical Reasoning

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Some of our earliest experiences of the conclusive force of an argument come from school mathematics: faced with a mathematical proof, we cannot deny the conclusion once the premises have been accepted. Behind such arguments lies a more general pattern of 'demonstrative arguments' that is studied in the science of logic. Logical reasoning is applied at all levels, from everyday life to advanced sciences, and a remarkable level of complexity is achieved in everyday logical reasoning, even if the principles behind it remain intuitive. Jan von Plato provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to an important aspect of contemporary logic: it… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-107-61077-4
EAN: 9781107610774
Produktnummer: 14996834
Verlag: Cambridge
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 271 S.
Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.2 cm x D1.7 cm 555 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 555

Über den Autor

Jan von Plato is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Creating Modern Probability (Cambridge University Press, 1994) and, with Sara Negri, Structural Proof Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Proof Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 2011).