Introduction to Logic and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences

Alfred Tardski

240 pages, parution le 01/04/1995 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

First published in Polish in 1936, this classic work was originally written as a popular scientific book-one that would present to the educated layman a clear picture of certain powerful trends of thought in modern logic. According to the author, these trends sought to create a unified conceptual apparatus as a common basis for the whole of human knowledge.

Because these new developments in logical thought tended to perfect and sharpen the deductive method, an indispensable tool in many fields for deriving conclusions from accepted assumptions, the author decided to widen the scope of the work. In subsequent editions he revised the book to make it also a textbook on which to base an elementary college course in logic and the methodology of deductive sciences. It is this revised edition that is reprinted here.

Contents

Preface

From the Preface to the Original Edition

First Part

On the Use of Variables
On the Sentential Calculus
On the Theory of Identity
On the Theory of Classes
On the Theory of Relations
On the Deductive Method

Second Part

Applications of Logic and Methodology in Constructing Mathematical Theories
1. Construction of a Mathematical Theory: Laws of Order for Numbers
2. Construction of a Mathematical Theory: Laws of Addition and Subtraction
3. Methodological Considerations on the Constructed Theory
4. Extension of the Constructed Theory. Foundations of Arithmetic of Real Numbers
Suggested Readings
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Dover
Auteur(s)	Alfred Tardski
Parution	01/04/1995
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	240
Format	13,7 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	276g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780486284620
ISBN13	978-0-486-28462-0