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The notions in question include Reference , Predication , Identity , Truth , Negation , Quantification , Existence , Necessity , Definition and Entailment .

Philosophical logic is ''not'' concerned with the psychological processes connected with thought, or with emotions, images and the like. It is concerned only with those entities — thoughts, sentences, or propositions — that are capable of being true and false. To this extent, though, it does intersect with Philosophy Of Mind and Philosophy Of Language . Gottlob Frege is regarded by many as the founder of modern philosophical logic.

Not all philosophical logic, however, applies formal logical techniques. A good amount of it (including Grayling's and , propositions, identity, predication, truth. Philosophy Of Logic , on the other hand, would tackle Metaphysic al and Epistemological problems about entailment, validity, and proof.


LITERATURE

  • Goble, Lou, ed., 2001. ''(The Blackwell Guide to) Philosophical Logic.'' Oxford: Blackwell . ISBN 0-631-20693-0.

  • Grayling, A. C. , 1997. ''An Introduction to Philosophical Logic.'' 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19982-9.

  • Jacquette, Dale, ed., 2002. '' A Companion to Philosophical Logic.'' Oxford Blackwell. ISBN 1-4051-4575-7.

  • Sainsbury, Mark, 2001. ''Logical Forms: An Introduction to Philosophical Logic.'' 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-21679-0.

  • McGinn, Colin. 2000. ''Logical Properties: Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth''. Oxford: Oxford University Press . ISBN 0-19-926263-2.

  • Wolfram, Sybil, 1989. ''Philosophical Logic: An Introduction.'' London: Routledge .