Books

Books : reviews

Susan Haack.
Philosophy of Logics.
CUP. 1978

(read but not reviewed)

An introduction to the central issues and problems in the philosophy of logic. The development and study of logical systems has advanced enormously in recent years, and there has been a corresponding growth of interest in the philosophical implications of these systems. The interplay between formal and philosophical enquiries has been dynamic: problems about the interpretation of classical logic and its standard apparatus motivated formal innovation with non-standard logics, which in turn broadened and enriched the philosophical issues. The whole area is currently at the centre of attention among logicians and philosophers, and is also of substantial interest to those linguists, psychologists and computer scientists concerned with the relation between formal and natural languages and between logic and human reasoning.

Susan Haack.
Defending Science---Within Reason: between scientism and cynicism.
Prometheus. 2005

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in its analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Writing with verve and wry humor, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the “Science Wars” to a balanced understanding of the value, and the limitations, of the scientific enterprise.