Abstract This essay examines logical empiricism and American pragmatism, arguing that American philosophy’s embrace of logical empiricism in the 1930s was not a turning away from Dewey’s pragmatism.

SUMMARY: At the beginning of the 20th century, philosophical thought was transformed by the discovery of the "new logic", i.e. mathematical or symbolic logic. With this novum organum, philosophers ...

It may not be a lucrative career option, but for questioning minds it holds infinite riches. Dr. Vijay Tankha, head of the philosophy department at Delhi University’s St. Stephen’s college, talks ...

This is a new introduction to logic for university undergraduates in their first and second years. The originality of the approach will also make it of considerable interest to postgraduates and ...