{"product_id":"foundations-of-logico-linguistics-a-unified-theory-of-information-language-and-logic-9789027708762","title":"Foundations of Logico-Linguistics: A Unified Theory of Information, Language, and Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): W. S. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - Semantics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283322396823,"sku":"9789027708762","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789027708762.webp?v=1769304673","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/foundations-of-logico-linguistics-a-unified-theory-of-information-language-and-logic-9789027708762","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}