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 ...

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 ...

OF all the branches of philosophy, logic alone has had the distinction of being claimed by the exact sciences as one of them. The event is of recent occurrence; in fact, it has happened only since ...