1st Edition

A Preface to Logic (1946)

By Morris R. Cohen Copyright 1946
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1946, this volume does not purpose to be a treatise on logic. The author’s contributions to the substance of logical doctrine have been made in his other works. What he has attempted in the studies that form this volume is an exploration of the periphery of logic, the relation of logic to the rest of the universe, the philosophical presuppositions which give logic its meaning and the... Read more
Foreword  1. The Subject Matter of Formal Logic  2. Propositions and Uncompleted Symbols  3. Meaning and Implication  4. Concepts and Twilight Zones  5. On the Logic of Fiction  6. On Probability  7. The Statistical View of Nature  8. Values, Norms and Science  9. Logic and the World Order  Appendix: Two Masters of Logic  Index

Biography

Morris R. Cohen