The concept of logical consequence
Subtitle: an introduction to philosophical logic
By: Matthew W. McKeon.
Series: American university studies. V, Philosophy -- v. 207
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433106453
Subjects: Logic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The concept of logical consequence; title: Tarski's characterization of the common concept of logical consequence; title: The logical consequence relation has a modal element; title: The logical consequence relation is formal; title: The logical consequence relation is A priori; title: Logical and non-logical terminology; title: The meanings of logical terms explained in terms of their semantic properties; title: The meanings of logical terms explained in terms of their inferential properties; title: Model-theoretic and deductive-theoretic conceptions of logic; title: Linguistic preliminaries : the language M; title: Syntax of M; title: The definition of a well formed formula of M; title: Semantics for M; title: The sentential connectives are defined; title: The notion of satisfaction is introduced and the quantifiers are defined; title: Model-theoretic consequence; title: Truth in a structure; title: Satisfaction revisited; title: Formalized definition of truth; title: Model-theoretic consequence defined; title: The model-theoretic definition and the concept of logical consequence; title: Does the model theoretic consequence relation reflect the salient features of the common concept of logical consequence?; title: What is a logical constant?; title: Deductive consequence; title: Deductive system n; title: The deductive theoretic definition and the concept of logical consequence; title: Tarski's criticism of the deductive theoretic definition; title: Is N a correct deductive system?