TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Richard TI - Before logic T2 - SUNY series in philosophy SN - 0585301891 AV - BC50 .M36 2000eb U1 - 160 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Logic KW - Logique KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-149) and index; What can be --; The truth in what we say --; What must be so --; Talking about things --; Getting around language --; "Logic must take care of itself." N2 - "Must logic come first? Are philosophical problems really logical? Must we think logically to think at all? Richard Mason's case is that too much comes before logic - too many choices and too much history. Logic has been formed by choices made by philosophers, not just as a subject of study, but in terms of what has mattered: the problems, and the possible solutions. Before Logic contains case studies of crucial choices: on the formation of logical possibility, on truth, on the explanation of necessity, on essentialism, and on the location of logic. For readers with interests in analytical or continental philosophy or in logic, this book shows why and how history matters to logic."--Jacket UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=44070 ER -