Philosophical logic refers to those areas of philosophy in which recognized methods of logic have traditionally been used to solve or advance the discussion of philosophical problems.[ 1] Among these, Sybil Wolfram highlights the study of argument , meaning and truth ,[citation needed ] while Colin McGinn presents identity , existence , predication , necessity and truth as the main topics of his book on the subject.[ 2]
Philosophical logic also addresses extensions and alternatives to traditional, "classical" logic known as "non-classical" logics . These receive more attention in texts such as John P. Burgess 's Philosophical Logic ,[ 3] the Blackwell Companion to Philosophical Logic ,[ 4] or the multi-volume Handbook of Philosophical Logic [ 5] edited by Dov M. Gabbay and Franz Guenthner .
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^ Dale Jacquette, A Companion to Philosophical Logic , Wiley-Blackwell: 2002.
^ Preface to Colin McGinn, Logical Properties: Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth , Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2000 (ISBN 0-19-926263-2 ).
^ John P. Burgess, Philosophical Logic , Princeton University Press: 2009.
^ Lou Goble (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic , Oxford: Blackwell : 2009 (ISBN 0-631-20693-0 ).
^ http://www.springer.com/series/6024