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Foundations of Logico-Linguistics

A Unified Theory of Information, Language, and Logic

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  • © 1978

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  1. William S. Cooper
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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 2)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 1-12

  3. Information and Language

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 13-46

  4. On Describing Languages

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 47-67

  5. Language and Deductive Logic

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 68-89

  6. Semantics, Axiomatics

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 90-123

  7. Meaning

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 124-131

  8. Language and Inductive Logic

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 132-157

  9. ‘If-Then’: A Case Study in Logico-Linguistic Analysis

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 158-211

  10. Problem Areas and Computer Applications

    • William S. Cooper
    Pages 212-241

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 242-249
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About this book

In 1962 a mimeographed sheet of paper fell into my possession. It had been prepared by Ernest Adams of the Philosophy Department at Berkeley as a handout for a colloquim. Headed 'SOME FALLACIES OF FORMAL LOGIC' it simply listed eleven little pieces of reasoning, all in ordinary English, and all absurd. I still have the sheet, and quote a couple of the arguments here to give the idea. • If you throw switch S and switch T, the motor will start. There­ fore, either if you throw switch S the motor will start, or, if you throw switch T the motor will start . • It is not the case that if John passes history he will graduate. Therefore, John will pass history. The disconcerting thing about these inferences is, of course, that under the customary truth-functional interpretation of and, or, not, and if-then, they are supposed to be valid. What, if anything, is wrong? At first I was not disturbed by the examples. Having at that time consider­ able personal commitment to rationality in general and formal logic in par­ ticular, I felt it my duty and found myself easily able (or so I thought) to explain away most of them. But on reflection I had to admit that my expla­ nations had an ad hoc character, varying suspiciously from example to example.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foundations of Logico-Linguistics

  • Book Subtitle: A Unified Theory of Information, Language, and Logic

  • Authors: William S. Cooper

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9820-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0876-2Published: 30 April 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9820-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Semantics, Philosophy of Language

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