Philosophy of Logic: Second Edition

Willard Van Orman Quine

Published by Harvard University Press 1986

Philosophy of Logic

Second Edition

Willard Van Orman Quine

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042445

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About this book

With customary incisiveness, Quine presents logic as the product of truth and grammar but argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, he argues that logic is not a mere matter of words.

Reviews

Quine has few if any equals as an expositor of logic… The field in which he has made himself preeminent is that of the philosophy of logic, to which…Philosophy of Logic is a short but brilliant introduction.
-- Times Literary Supplement

By virtue of intellectual power, range and fertility of ideas and brilliance of presentation, Quine is the most distinguished and influential of living philosophers.
-- London Review of Books

Quine pursues his philosophical vision with an uncompromising consistency of purpose that makes his doctrines impossible to ignore. You either go with him or define your position in reaction to his. And this is one mark of a great philosopher.
-- Journal of Philosophy

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE, 1886 Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 MEANING AND TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 GRAMMAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 LOGICAL TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
5 THE SCOPE OF LOGIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6 DEVIANT LOGICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
7 THE GROUND OF LOGICAL TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
For further reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 128

eBook

Published: June 6, 1986
ISBN: 9780674042445