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Contributor(s): Azzouni (Author)

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 ISBN: 019518713X     ISBN-13: 9780195187137
Publisher: Academic
OUR PRICE: $52.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2016
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Annotation: When ordinary people--mathematicians among them--take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. Jody Azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues
invented by logicians. One claim of the book is that, despite our apparent intuitive grasp of consequence, we do not introspect rules by which we reason, nor do we grasp the scope and range of the domain, as it were, of our reasoning. This point is illustrated with a close analysis of a paradigmatic
case of ordinary reasoning: mathematical proof.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Logic
- Philosophy | Logic
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
Dewey: 511.36
LCCN: 2005040565
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.34" W x 9.36" L (1.15 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2006 pg. 2028
 
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When ordinary people--mathematicians among them--take something to follow (deductively) from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our self-ascribed ability to reason. Jody Azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues
invented by logicians. One claim of the book is that, despite our apparent intuitive grasp of consequence, we do not introspect rules by which we reason, nor do we grasp the scope and range of the domain, as it were, of our reasoning. This point is illustrated with a close analysis of a paradigmatic
case of ordinary reasoning: mathematical proof.
 
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