Continuum Companion to Philosophical Logic

Richard Pettigrew is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK. Leon Horsten is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK.

• Part I. Introduction Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; Part II. A to Z of Key Terms and Concepts Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; Part III. Research Methods and Problems Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; Part IV. Current Research and Issues Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; i. An Introduction to Classical Logic Vann McGee; 1. Classical Logic and its Rivals; ii. Identity and Existence C. Anthony Anderson; iii. Quantification and Descriptions Bernard Linsky; iv. Second-order Logic Oystein Linnebo; v. Indeterminacy and Vagueness Richard Dietz. vi. Negation Edwin Mares; vii. Games in Logic Gabriel Sandu; 2. Extensional and Intensional Extensions of Classical Logic; viii. Mereology Karl-Georg Niebergall; ix. The Logic of Necessity John Burgess; x. Tense or Temporal Logic Thomas Muller; 3. Semantics for Parts of Natural Language; xi. Truth and Paradox Volker Halbach and Leon Horsten; xii. Conditionals Igor Douven; 4. Logic in the Theory of Rationality; xiii. Probability and its Interpretations Richard Pettigrew; xiv. Inductive Logic Jeff Paris; xv. Belief Revision Horacia Arlo Costa and Paul Pedersen; xvi. Epistemic Logic Paul Egre; xvii. The Logic of Decision Paul Weirich; Part V. New Directions Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; Part VI. Resources Leon Horsten and Richard Pettigrew; Part VII. Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index.

The Continuum Companion to Philosophical Logic provides a broad range of topics to choose from with the papers varying as to how demanding they are technically. Additionally, the editors furnished not only a guide at the beginning of the book, but also a very helpful list of further readings. These features suggest that this volume will be a useful source of readings and references to professional philosophers and students alike.