The history of modern logic is usually written as the history of mathematical or, more general, symbolic logic. As such it was created by mathematicians. Not regarding its anticipations in Scholastic ...

Using quantitative methods, we investigate the role of logic in analytic philosophy from 1941 to 2010. In particular, a corpus of five journals publishing analytic philosophy is assessed and evaluated ...

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 ...

(1) A KNOWLEDGE of the techniques of symbolic logic is now almost essential for an appreciation of modern philosophical thought, with its increasing dependence upon purely formal studies such as ...

Note: Some of these courses may demand prerequisites. See the Philosophy Course Catalog for further details. PHIL 313: Philosophy of Science A philosophical examination of the nature, validity and ...