Logic and Philosophy

<p>The dual purpose of this volume-to provide a distinctively philosophical introduction to logic as well as a logic-oriented approach to philosophy-makes this book a unique and worthwhile primary text for logic and/or philosophy courses. <em>Logic and Philosophy</em> covers a variety of elementary formal and informal types of reasoning including a chapter on traditional logic that culminates in a treatment of Aristotle's philosophy of science; a truth-functional logic chapter that examines Wittgenstein's philosophy of language logic and mysticism; and sections on induction analogy and fallacies that incorporate material on mind-body dualism pseudoscience the raven paradox and proofs of God.</p><p>Throughout the book Brenner highlights passages and ideas from various prominent philosophers and discusses at some length the work of Plato Aristotle Descartes Kant and Wittgenstein.</p>