ABSTRACT

Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic; he has illuminated Aristotle’s syllogistic, the ideas of logical form and consequence, and the distinction between assertion and rejection; and his debunking work on the theory of descriptions is a tour de force. In this volume, an international roster of contributors discuss Smiley's work to date; their essays will be of significant interest to those working across the logical spectrum—in philosophy of language, philosophical logic and mathematical logic.

chapter 3|20 pages

Logical Form

chapter 4|14 pages

The Socratic Elenchus: No Problem

chapter 5|25 pages

What Makes Mathematics Mathematics?

chapter 7|17 pages

Relative Validity and Vagueness

chapter 8|21 pages

The Force of Irony

chapter 11|18 pages

A Case of Mistaken Identity?