The explosive progress of logic, since Frege, has produced applications in linguistics, mathematics and computer science. Students and practitioners of any of these fields, and of philosophy, will find this book an excellent reference or introduction. Now expanded to include non-classical logic, logic for the computer, and more. The central concepts are explained as they come into play in informal writing and conversation--argument, validity, relevance, and so on. This study guide progresses to concepts such as probability calculus.
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Achille C. Varzi is an Italian-born philosopher whose work delves deeply into philosophical logic and metaphysics. His research navigates complex themes such as vagueness, formal semantics, mereology, and issues of identity and persistence over time. Varzi’s approach has evolved from exploring common-sense realism to embracing a nominalist-conventionalist stance, reflecting a keen interest in the ontology of everyday understanding and naive physics. Beyond his academic contributions, he is also an active writer for the general public, engaging a broader audience with philosophical ideas.
