{"product_id":"foundations-of-logico-linguistics-w-s-cooper-9789027708762","title":"Foundations of Logico-Linguistics: A Unified Theory of Information, Language, and Logic","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. S. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9027708762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789027708762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.16w x 0.82d","brand":"W. S. Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652426625279,"sku":"9789027708762","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7fd74883-4f02-4c94-9ef1-dff2b75059a9.jpg?v=1704216041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foundations-of-logico-linguistics-w-s-cooper-9789027708762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}