[sci.math] Buffalo Logic Colloquium

rapaport@sunybcs.UUCP (12/02/86)

		State University of New York at Buffalo

                        BUFFALO LOGIC COLLOQUIUM
                               1986-1987

                             Fifth Meeting

Tuesday, Dec. 9         4:00 p.m.               Baldy 684, Amherst Campus

                             John Corcoran

                        Department of Philosophy
                              SUNY Buffalo

               "Proofs, Deductions, Chains of Reasoning"

This talk begins with a brief review of the deductive  and  hypothetico-
deductive methods and then introduces the distinction between proofs and
deductions.  The core of the paper is a discussion of the logical,  his-
torical,  epistemic,  pragmatic, and heuristic ramifications of the dis-
tinction between proofs and deductions.

References:

J. Corcoran, "Conceptual Structure of Classical Logic,"
        _Phil. & Phen. Res_ 33 (1972) 25-47.
A. Tarski, _Intro. to Logic_, Ch. 6 (1941).

For more information, contact John Corcoran, (716) 636-2438.


				William J. Rapaport
				Assistant Professor

Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260

(716) 636-3193, 3180

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