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Books like An Introduction to Formal Logic

24 books recommended for fans of An Introduction to Formal Logic by Peter Smith, tied together by themes of Logic, Mathematics, and Philosophy.

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Top related books to An Introduction to Formal Logic

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of An Introduction to Formal Logic.

David Hilbert’s Notebooks and General Foundational Lectures

William Ewald

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

The Algebra of Logic

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Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

Foundations of Probability with Applications Selected Papers 1974-1995

Patrick Suppes

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

Philosophical Theories of Probability

Donald Gillies

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

The Law of Non-contradiction New Philosophical Essays

Graham Priest

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

Representation and Productive Ambiguity in Mathematics and the Sciences

Emily R. Grosholz

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

How to Win Every Argument The Use and Abuse of Logic

Madsen Pirie

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

Quantification Theory

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Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

Argument Technologies Theory, Analysis, and Applications

Floris Bex

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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To Infinity and Beyond A Cultural History of the Infinite

Eli Maor

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Tractatus Logico-philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Understanding the Many

Byeonguk Yi

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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The Algebra of Thought & Reality Second Edition: The Mathematical Basis for Plato’s Theory of Ideas, and Reality Extended to Include a Priori Observers and Space-Time

Stephen Blaha

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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The Cloud of Unknowing A Book Of Contemplation The Which Is Called The Cloud Of Unknowing, In The Which A Soul Is Oned With God

Evelyn Underhill

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Radical Interpretation and Indeterminacy

Timothy McCarthy

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

#16

The Logic of Discovery

R. D. Carmichael

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Reference and Existence The John Locke Lectures

Saul A. Kripke

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Journal of Applied Logics – The IfCoLog Journal of Logics and Their Applications Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2020

Dov Gabbay

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Reasoning with Actual and Potential Contradictions Volume 2: Reasoning with Actual and Potential Contradictions

Dov M. Gabbay

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Language, Truth and Logic in Mathematics

Jaakko Hintikka

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

#21

Belief Attitudes, Fine-Grained Hyperintensionality and Type-Theoretic Logic

Jiri Raclavsky

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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The Logica Yearbook 2021

Igor Sedlár

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Godel, Escher, Bach An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

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Rationality What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Steven Pinker

Themes: Logic • Mathematics • Philosophy

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy — the same threads that run through An Introduction to Formal Logic by Peter Smith. Among the authors featured: William Ewald, Louis Couturat, Patrick Suppes, Donald Gillies, and others.