Introduction to Logical Theory

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Introduction to Logical Theory is a mid-20th-century philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that critically examines traditional formal logic and its relation to ordinary language.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
academicDiscipline logic
philosophy
philosophy of language
argues that logical theory should be informed by ordinary language practice
author P. F. Strawson
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
critiques formalist approaches to logic
traditional deductive logic
emphasizes connection between logic and ordinary language use
importance of ordinary language for understanding logical form
focusesOn logical connectives
logical constants
logical entailment
logical implication
logical paradoxes
ordinary language analysis
traditional formal logic
truth functions
genre analytic philosophy
philosophy of logic
hasPart analysis of logical paradoxes
critique of truth-functional accounts of implication
discussion of logical connectives in ordinary language
discussion of logical constants and meaning
discussion of logical subject–predicate form
discussion of the concept of entailment
discussion of the material conditional
treatment of quantification and generality
influenced ordinary language philosophy
philosophy of logic in the 20th century
subsequent debates on entailment and implication
language English
mainSubject formal logic
logic
ordinary language
philosophy of language
notableFor critical examination of the material implication account of ‘if’
influence on later discussions of entailment and presupposition
linking formal logic with ordinary language analysis
publicationYear 1952
publisher Methuen
relatedWork Individuals
Cornell school of ordinary language philosophy
surface form: Ordinary language philosophy
timePeriod mid-20th century

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P. F. Strawson notableWork Introduction to Logical Theory
On Referring relatedWork Introduction to Logical Theory
Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar relatedWorkOfAuthor Introduction to Logical Theory