Catarina Dutilh Novaes

Formal Languages in Logic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a new approach to formal languages, in particular but not exclusively as used in logic. Focuses on their cognitive impact on human reasoning, drawing on historical developments, psychology, cognitive science and philosophy. For students and researchers in the areas of logic and computer science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781107020917
• ISBN-10: 1107020913
• Artikelnr.: 36030257

Autorenporträt

Catarina Dutilh Novaes is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. She is the author of Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Two notions of formality
2. On the very notion of a formal language
3. The history, purposes and limitations of formal languages
4. How we do reason, and the need for counterbalance in science
5. Formal languages and extended cognition
6. De-semantification
7. The debiasing effect of formalization
Conclusion.