A new formalism for predicate logic is introduced, with a non-standard method of binding variables, which allows a compositional formalization of certain anaphoric constructions, including 'donkey ...

Catalog description: Introduction to deductive logic. Topics include: basic concepts of deductive logic; techniques of formal proof in propositional and predicate logic. 3 units. Prerequisites: No ...

We say that an n-argument predicate $P\subset \Omega ^{n}$ is finite, if P is a finite set. Note that the set of individuals Ω is infinite! Finite predicates are ...

Logic is among the oldest and most foundational of the university disciplines. The goal is to equip students with most general possible framework for sound and rigorous reasoning — one that works ...

SUMMARY: At the beginning of the 20th century, philosophical thought was transformed by the discovery of the "new logic", i.e. mathematical or symbolic logic. With this novum organum, philosophers ...

This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This ...

This course is available on the MSc in Economics and Philosophy, MSc in Philosophy of Science and MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences. This course is available as an outside option to students on ...