Tracking reason: proof, consequence, and truth
Auteur :
Azzouni, Jody
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195187137
Date de publication :
5 janv. 2006
Dimensions :
15,7 x 23,6 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When ordinary people - mathematicians among them - take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. This book investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues invented by logicians.