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It is not the case that p

5. July 2018 Philosophy News News

You can of course very often express the negation of p by saying ‘it’s not the case that p’. But some logicians incautiously claim more — saying something like “This is cumbersome, but it [More]

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Valuations again

2. July 2018 Philosophy News News

As a footnote to my last post, I want to consider a passage in Nick Smith’s Logic: The Laws of Truth (rather unfairly picked out from a number of candidates). Smith talks of giving a glossary [More]

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Valuations, combinatorial vs ‘realizable’

30. June 2018 Philosophy News News

This is request for references on an issue in very elementary logic! To set the scene, suppose we take the atoms of a formal language for propositional logic to be interpreted. Yes, yes, I know that [More]

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Valuations, combinatorial vs realizable

29. June 2018 Philosophy News News

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The Epistemic Lightness of Truth

27. June 2018 Philosophy News News

Using my hefty discount at the CUP shop, I bought a copy of The Epistemic Lightness of Truth: Deflationism and its Logic by Cezary Cieśliński when it came out at the very end of last year. I [More]

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IFL2 Chapters 21, 22: QL languages

3. May 2018 Philosophy News News

Here is the second instalment of some draft chapters planned for the second edition of my Introduction to Formal Logic.. This time, it is two chapters — though still only eighteen pages. I [More]

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IFL2 Chapter 20: Quantifiers

1. May 2018 Philosophy News News

Over the next few weeks, I plan to post here draft versions of some individual chapters from the slowly evolving second edition of my Introduction to Formal Logic. I’m at the stage where [More]

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What is Logic?

8. March 2018 Dr. Paul Herrick Article, WhatIs

Dr. Paul Herrick, author of three logic texts, gives an overview of logic, its history, and its importance. Even if you don't have a background in philosophy, you will find this summary helpful and informative. [More]

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On Frege seeing what is in front of his nose

27. February 2018 Philosophy News News

Take a mathematician of Frege’s generation, accustomed to writing the likes (1) (2) If , then or , — and fancier things, of course! Whatever unclear thoughts about [More]

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Free Online Course: Logic and Computational Thinking

4. January 2018 Paul Pardi, MA News, Education

Check out this free online logic course published my Microsoft through the Harvard/MIT project edx.org. It features content from the Oxford University Press book Think with Socrates and focuses on formal logic and its application to computer science. [More]

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