The Logic Of Thought

Author : R.J. Nelson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400925953

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The Logic of Mind by R.J. Nelson Pdf

This book presents a mechanist philosophy of mind. I hold that the human mind is a system of computational or recursive rules that are embodied in the nervous system; that the material presence of these rules accounts for perception, conception, speech, belief, desire, intentional acts, and other forms of intelligence. In this edition I have retained the whole of the fIrst edition except for discussion of issues which no longer are relevant in philosophy of mind and cognitive psychology. Earlier reference to disputes of the 1960's and 70's between hard-line empiricists and neorationalists over the psychological status of grammars and language acquisition, for instance, has simply been dropped. In place of such material I have entered some timely or new topics and a few changes. There are brief references to the question of computer versus distributed processing (connectionist) theories. Many of these questions dissolve if one distinguishes as I now do in Chapter II between free and embodied algorithms. I have also added to my comments on artifIcal in telligence some reflections. on Searle's Chinese Translator. The irreducibility of machine functionalist psychology in my version or any other has been exaggerated. Input, output, and state entities are token identical to physical or biological things of some sort, while a machine system as a collection of recursive rules is type identical to representatives of equivalence classes. This nuld technicality emerges in Chapter XI. It entails that so-called "anomalous monism" is right in one sense and wrong in another.

Author : George Boole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Investigation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004531070

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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought by George Boole Pdf

Author : Anthony O'Hear
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521529662

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Logic, Thought and Language by Anthony O'Hear Pdf

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Author : George Boole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014271258

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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought by George Boole Pdf

Author : T. Ryan Byerly
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410804

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Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking by T. Ryan Byerly Pdf

This robust, clear, and well-researched textbook for classes in logic introduces students to both formal logic and to the virtues of intellectual inquiry. Part 1 challenges students to develop the analytical skills of deductive and inductive reasoning, showing them how to identify and evaluate arguments. Part 2 helps students develop the intellectual virtues of the wise inquirer. The book includes helpful pedagogical features such as practice exercises and a concluding summary with definitions of key concepts for each chapter. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Author : Daniel Vanderveken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402031670

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Logic, Thought and Action by Daniel Vanderveken Pdf

This second volume in the series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science brings a pragmatic perspective to the discussion of the unity of science. Contemporary philosophy and cognitive science increasingly acknowledge the systematic interrelation of language, thought and action. The principal function of language is to enable speakers to communicate their intentions to others, to respond flexibly in a social context and to act cooperatively in the world. This book will contribute to our understanding of this dynamic process by clearly presenting and discussing the most important hypotheses, issues and theories in philosophical and logical study of language, thought and action. Among the fundamental issues discussed are the rationality and freedom of agents, theoretical and practical reasoning, individual and collective attitudes and actions, the nature of cooperation and communication, the construction and conditions of adequacy of scientific theories, propositional contents and their truth conditions, illocutionary force, time, aspect and presupposition in meaning, speech acts within dialogue, the dialogical approach to logic and the structure of dialogues and other language games, as well as formal methods needed in logic or artificial intelligence to account for choice, paradoxes, uncertainty and imprecision. This volume contains major contributions by leading logicians, analytic philosophers, linguists and computer scientists. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers from philosophy, logic, linguistics, cognitive science and artificial intelligence. There is no comparable survey in the existing literature.

Author : Harwood Fisher
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231518668

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Self, Logic, and Figurative Thinking by Harwood Fisher Pdf

Harwood Fisher argues against neuroscientific and cognitive scientific explanations of mental states, for they fail to account for the gaps between actions in the brain, cognitive operations, linguistic mapping, and an individual's account of experience. Fisher probes a rich array of thought from the primitive and the dream to the artistic figure of speech, and extending to the scientific metaphor. He draws on first-person methodologies to restore the conscious self to a primary function in the generation of figurative thinking. How does the individual originate and organize terms and ideas? How can we differentiate between different types of thought and account for their origins? Fisher depicts the self as mediator between trope and logical form. Conversely, he explicates the creation and articulation of the self through interplay between logic and icon. Fisher explains how the "I" can step out of scripted roles. The self is neither a discursive agent of postmodern linguistics nor a socially determined entity. Rather, it is a historically situated, dynamically constituted place at the crossroads of conscious agency and unconscious actions and evolving contextual logics and figures.

Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429975318

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Thinking about Logic by Steven M. Cahn Pdf

Thinking about Logic is an accessible and thought-provoking collection of classic articles in the philosophy of logic. An ideal companion to any formal logic course or textbook, this volume illuminates how logic relates to perennial philosophical issues about knowledge, meaning, rationality, and reality. The editors have selected each essay for its brevity, clarity, and impact and have included insightful introductions and discussion questions. The puzzles raised will help readers acquire a more thorough understanding of fundamental logic concepts and a firmer command of the connections between formal logic and other areas of philosophical study: epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

Author : Martin Heidegger
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253004451

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Logic by Martin Heidegger Pdf

Heidegger’s radical thinking on the meaning of truth in a “clear and comprehensive critical edition” (Philosophy in Review). Martin Heidegger’s 1925–26 lectures on truth and time provided much of the basis for his momentous work, Being and Time. Not published until 1976—three months before Heidegger’s death—as volume 21 of his Complete Works, it is nonetheless central to Heidegger’s overall project of reinterpreting Western thought in terms of time and truth. The text shows the degree to which Aristotle underlies Heidegger’s hermeneutical theory of meaning. It also contains Heidegger’s first published critique of Husserl and takes major steps toward establishing the temporal bases of logic and truth. Thomas Sheehan’s elegant and insightful translation offers English-speaking readers access to this fundamental text for the first time.

Author : Shira Elqayam,Igor Douven,Jonathan St B. T. Evans,Nicole Cruz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351620413

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Logic and Uncertainty in the Human Mind by Shira Elqayam,Igor Douven,Jonathan St B. T. Evans,Nicole Cruz Pdf

David E. Over is a leading cognitive scientist and, with his firm grounding in philosophical logic, he also exerts a powerful influence on the psychology of reasoning. He is responsible for not only a large body of empirical work and accompanying theory, but for advancing a major shift in thinking about reasoning, commonly known as the ‘new paradigm’ in the psychology of human reasoning. Over’s signature mix of philosophical logic and experimental psychology has inspired generations of researchers, psychologists, and philosophers alike over more than a quarter of a century. The chapters in this volume, written by a leading group of contributors including a number who helped shape the psychology of reasoning as we know it today, each take their starting point from the key themes of Over’s ground-breaking work. The essays in this collection explore a wide range of central topics—such as rationality, bias, dual processes, and dual systems—as well as contemporary psychological and philosophical theories of conditionals. It concludes with an engaging new chapter, authored by David E. Over himself, which details and analyses the new paradigm psychology of reasoning. This book is therefore important reading for scholars, researchers, and advanced students in psychology, philosophy, and the cognitive sciences, including those who are not familiar with Over’s thought already.

Author : Vern S. Poythress
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433532320

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Logic by Vern S. Poythress Pdf

For the well-rounded Christian looking to improve their critical thinking skills, here is an accessible introduction to the study of logic (parts 1 & 2) as well as an in-depth treatment of the discipline (parts 3 & 4) from a professor with 6 academic degrees and over 30 years experience teaching. Questions for further reflection are included at the end of each chapter as well as helpful diagrams and charts that are appropriate for use in high school, home school, college, and graduate-level classrooms. Overall, Vern Poythress has undertaken a radical recasting of the study of logic in this revolutionary work from a Christian worldview.

Author : Merrilee H. Salmon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034161138

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Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking by Merrilee H. Salmon Pdf

Author : Ian Rumfitt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198733638

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The Boundary Stones of Thought by Ian Rumfitt Pdf

Classical logic has been attacked by adherents of rival, anti-realist logical systems: Ian Rumfitt comes to its defence. He considers the nature of logic, and how to arbitrate between different logics. He argues that classical logic may dispense with the principle of bivalence, and may thus be liberated from the dead hand of classical semantics.

Author : James McCosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Logic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNTK4N

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The Laws of Discursive Thought by James McCosh Pdf

Author : D.Q. McInerny
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780812971156

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Being Logical by D.Q. McInerny Pdf

An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professor Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being logical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also requires studying and understanding illogical thinking, both to sharpen one’s own skills and to protect against incoherent, or deliberately misleading, reasoning. Elegant, pithy, and precise, Being Logical breaks logic down to its essentials through clear analysis, accessible examples, and focused insights. D. Q. McInerney covers the sources of illogical thinking, from naïve optimism to narrow-mindedness, before dissecting the various tactics—red herrings, diversions, and simplistic reasoning—the illogical use in place of effective reasoning. An indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life, this is a concise, crisply readable book. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny’s Being Logical promises to take its place beside Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style as a classic of lucid, invaluable advice. Praise for Being Logical “Highly readable . . . D. Q. McInerny offers an introduction to symbolic logic in plain English, so you can finally be clear on what is deductive reasoning and what is inductive. And you’ll see how deductive arguments are constructed.”—Detroit Free Press “McInerny’s explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers.”—Booklist “Given the shortage of logical thinking, And the fact that mankind is adrift, if not sinking, It is vital that all of us learn to think straight. And this small book by D.Q. McInerny is great. It follows therefore since we so badly need it, Everybody should not only but it, but read it.” —Charles Osgood