The History and Philosophy of Polish Logic [electronic resource] : Essays in Honour of Jan Woleński /
Mulligan, Kevin.editor.
Kijania-Placek, Katarzyna.editor.
Placek, Tomasz.editor.
The book presents the state of the art of research into the legacy of interwar Polish analytic philosophy and exemplifies different approaches to the history of philosophy. It contains discussions and reconstructions of aspects of Polish philosophy and logic as well as reactions to and developments of this tradition.  .
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The History and Philosophy of Polish Logic: Some Basic Thought; Part I Logic, Proof and Models; 1 Many-valued Logic in Poland: The Golden Age; 2 The Dependence and Independence of Quantifiers; 3 Sixty Years of Stable Models; 4 Wooden Horses and False Friends; 5 Proof, Probability or Plausibility; Part II Truth and Concepts; 6 Truth Defined and Undefined; 7 Against Relative Truth; 8 Truth Without Truths?; 9 Formal Concepts; Part III Ontology, Mereology and the Philosophy of Mathematics
10 Arithmetic in Lesniewski''s Ontology11 Lesniewski, Tarski and the Axioms of Mereology; 12 From Mereology to Boolean Algebra; 13 The Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic in Cracow; A Selection of Jan Wolenski's Publications; Index for Names
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
The book presents the state of the art of research into the legacy of interwar Polish analytic philosophy and exemplifies different approaches to the history of philosophy. It contains discussions and reconstructions of aspects of Polish philosophy and logic as well as reactions to and developments of this tradition.  .
Philosophy (General).
Mathematics-Philosophy.
Philosophy, modern.
Logic.
Analysis (Philosophy).
History of Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mathematics.
Modern Philosophy.
Logic.
Analytic Philosophy.