Everything about Logical consequence
Relationship in which one statement follows from another
Logical consequence is a fundamental concept in logic which describes the relationship between statements that hold true when one statement logically follows from one or more statements. A valid logical argument is one in which the conclusion is entailed by the premises, because the conclusion is the consequence of the premises. The philosophical analysis of logical consequence involves the following questions: In what sense does a conclusion follow from its premises? and What does it mean for a conclusion to be a consequence of premises? All of philosophical logic is meant to provide accounts of the nature of logical consequence and the nature of logical truth. Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: Temperature chaos as a logical consequence of the reentrant transition in spin glassesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Politics of LogicThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sex role adaptability: One consequence of psychological androgyny.Cited 902 times
- Go sideways: Validity (logic)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Philosophy of logicA closely related topic
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Sex role adaptability: One consequence of psychological androgyny.
Dendritic Spine Pathology: Cause or Consequence of Neurological Disorders?
Glycals in Organic Synthesis: The Evolution of Comprehensive Strategies for the Assembly of Oligosaccharides and Glycoconjugates of Biological Consequence
Tarski on truth and logical consequence
Logical Consequence and the Paradoxes
DEFLATING LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE
The Concept of Logical Consequence
Tarski on Logical Consequence
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Politics of LogicPaul Livingston · 2012
Principles of logicGeorge Hayward Joyce · 1908
Truth and consequence in mediaeval logicErnest A. Moody · 1953
Grounded Consequence for Defeasible LogicAldo Antonelli · 2005
Jean Buridan's LogicJean Buridan, P. King · 1985- 📕Logical ConsequencesRudolf Dreikurs · 1968
- 📕Semantic Conception of LogicGil Sagi, Jack Woods · 2021
An elementary handbook of logicToohey, John Joseph · 1918
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