About this title: When ordinary people - mathematicians among them - take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. Jody Azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues invented by logicians. One claim of the book is that, despite our apparent intuitive grasp of consequence, we do not introspect rules by which we reason, nor do we grasp the scope and range of the domain, as it were, of our reasoning. This point is illustrated with a close analysis of a paradigmatic case ...
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Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780195187137ISBN:019518713X
Description: Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 248 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780195187137ISBN:019518713X
Description: New in n jacket. Brand New, Hardcover with Dust Jacket, clean, tight, unmarked When ordinary people--mathematicians among them--take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. Jody Azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues invented by logicians. One claim of the book is that, despite our apparent intuitive grasp of consequence, we do not introspect ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford U.P., New York, NY
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195187137ISBN:019518713X
Description: NEW/NEW! ! W/Dust Jacket 248pgs(Index) NEW copy. Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 019518713X. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195187137ISBN:019518713X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156 mm. (256) when ordinary people-mathematicians among them-take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. jody azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues invented by logicians. one claim of the book is that, despite our apparent intuitive grasp of consequence, we do not introspect rules by which we reason, nor do we grasp the ... read more
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