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The Languages of Logic: An Introduction to Formal Logic

Author: Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: logic, formal, introduction, languages
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1997-06-04
List price: $50.95
ISBN-10: 155786988X
ISBN-13: 9781557869883

Logic is, and has always been, an essential part of philosophy. It employs concepts which are crucial for understanding thought and language, and demands a mastery of procedures and techniques. With the same intellectual goals as the first edition, this innovative introductory logic textbook explores the relationship between natural language and logic, motivating the student to acquire the necessary skills and techniques of formal logic.

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A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

Author: Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: philosophy, companions, blackwell, mind, companion
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 1996-01-30
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0631199969
ISBN-13: 9780631199960

The philosophy of mind is one of the fastest-growing areas in philosophy, not least because of its connections with related areas of psychology, linguistics and computation. This Companion is an alphabetically arranged reference guide to the subject, firmly rooted in the philosophy of mind, but with a number of entries that survey adjacent fields of interest. The book is introduced by the editor’s substantial Essay on the Philosophy of Mind which serves as an overview of the subject, and is closely referenced to the entries in the Companion. Among the entries themselves are several "sel

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Mind’s Landscape: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

Author: Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: mind, philosophy, landscape, introduction
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2000-09-12
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0631202188
ISBN-13: 9780631202189

Mind’s Landscape is an engaging introduction to the philosophical study of mind and an elegantly persuasive account of how best to understand the nature of mental phenomena. It serves as both a text and as a contribution to the philosophy of mind. Its engaging narrative style will appeal to students, instructors, and general readers alike.

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The Holocaust on Trial

Author: D. D. Guttenplan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: trial, holocaust
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-04-17
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0393322920
ISBN-13: 9780393322927

The account of a trial in which the very meaning of the Holocaust was put on the stand. D. D. Guttenplan’s The Holocaust on Trial is a bristling courtroom drama where the meaning of history is questioned. The plaintiff is British author David Irving, one of the world’s preeminent military historians whose works are considered essential World War II scholarship and whose biographies of leading Nazi figures have been bestsellers. Irving refuses to admit to Hitler’s responsibility in the extermination of European Jewry, replying that the Holocaust as we know it never happened. T

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Li Hung-Chang and China’s Early Modernization

Authors:Samuel C. Chu, Samuel C. Chu, Kwang-Ching Liu,
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: modernization, china, chang, hung
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 1997-04
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 1563244586
ISBN-13: 9781563244582

This is a study of Li Hung-chang which represents a collaboration of Li experts among Chinese and Western scholars. The biography examines the beginnings of China’s modernisation; the Confucian as a patriot and pragmatist; his formative years, 1823-1866; and other aspects of his life.