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Soviet Logic

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Studies in Soviet Thought

Part of the book series: Sovietica ((SOVA,volume 7))

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The scope of this paper is the presentation of a survey of the development of recent Soviet logic and the main topics therein discussed. By “recent” is meant the period since 1947, and “logic” means general logic, i.e. the group of disciplines made up of formal logic, logical semiotics, the methodology of science and the study of such problems as can be conveniently classified as belonging to the philosophy of logic 1.

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Bocheński, J.M. (1961). Soviet Logic. In: Bocheński, J.M., Blakeley, T.J. (eds) Studies in Soviet Thought. Sovietica, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3266-7_4

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