Sunday, January 25, 2015

On the Purpose of this Blog

The present blog aims to cover some of the major works by one of the greatest exponents of the American Philosophical Analytic tradition, which in its own right a major staple in modern western philosophy, in its most comprehensive and essential formulation.   The first works of the said author that will be covered as a case attempt of a practical condensation is "Methods of Logic" and followed by "Mathematical Logic'; further, if time permits "Set Theory and its Logic".  By 'condensed and essential forms' I mean to leverage the bulk of the subject matter in its most essential definitions, formulas, laws, methods and practical examples appertaining to this specific literature; with a special emphasis on working out logic examples as presented in the works as either end or in-chapter problems; granted that it is, in my view, that logic warrants of a more mechanical sort of approach in order to grasp the mainstays of its associated concepts and mappings.  Succinctly, I will try to give way some light to the rigorous topics of formal logic and its cognate spheres by means of a more mechanical and irreducibly minimal scope, that is to say, by simple outlines, as these relate to Quine's own outlines and constructs.  It is noteworthy to touch on that in the framework followed herein will not follow a direct correspondence to the way the chapters of the two main works in point  are ordered, but, on the contrary, the material will be presented herewith at times by virtue of simple to advance subjects used in tandem, insofar these are pursuant to the nature and congruent space of the logical mappings under study to deliver a clear explanations of the same.