Tracking reason: proof, consequence, and truth
Auteur :
Azzouni, Jody
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195370690
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2008
Dimensions :
15,2 x 22,9 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
381 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Ordinary people - mathematicians among them - grasp when they take something to follow (deductively) from something else. This is the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. This book investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues developed by logicians.