The Logic of Commands

by Nicholas Rescher

Book Overview

Originally published in 1966. Professor Rescher's aim is to develop a "logic of commands" in exactly the same general way which standard logic has already developed a "logic of truth-functional statement compounds" or a "logic of quantifiers". The object is to present a tolerably accurate and precise account of the logically relevant facets of a command, to study the nature of "inference" in reasonings involving commands, and above all to establish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367422565
• ISBN13: 9780367422561
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages