Before logic
By: Richard Mason.
Series: SUNY series in philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Logic
Description: "Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic - too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions.

Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-149) and index.