About this title: This book, written by one of philosophy's pre-eminent logicians, argues that many of the basic assumptions common to logic, philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics are in need of change. It is therefore a book of critical importance to logical theory. Jaakko Hintikka proposes a new basic first-order logic and uses it to explore the foundations of mathematics. This new logic enables logicians to express on the first-order level such concepts as equicardinality, infinity, and truth in the same language. The famous impossibility results by Godel and Tarski that have dominated the field for the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780521624985ISBN:0521624983
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780521624985ISBN:0521624983
Description: One of philosophy's preeminent logicians argues that many of the basic assumptions common to logic, philosophy of mathematics and metaphysics are in need of change. Jaakko Hintikka proposes a new basic first-order logic and uses it to explore the fou... read more
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
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