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Introduction to Logic

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ISBN-10: 0199890498

ISBN-13: 9780199890491

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul Herrick

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This is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of logic (both formal logic and critical reasoning), with exceptionally clear yet conversational explanations and a multitude of engaging examples and exercises. Herrick's examples are on-point and fun, often bringing in real-lifesituations and popular culture. And more so than other logic textbooks, Introduction to Logic brings in the history of philosophy and logic through interesting boxes/sidebars and discussions, showing logic's relation to philosophy. The book is especially suited for use in the "Open Course Library," a comprehensive online logic course that is open and free. Jointly funded by the state of Washington and the…    
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Book details

List price: $119.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 4/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 7.52" wide x 9.25" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English

To the Instructor
To the Student
Acknowledgments
The Fundamental Concepts of Logic
What Is Logic?
Let's Have an Argument!
The Two Basic Types of Argument
How to Evaluate a Deductive Argument
How to Evaluate an Inductive Argument
Logical Relations and Concluding Matters
Categorical Logic
Logic Takes Form Categorical Logic Version 1.0
The Categorical Syllogism
Categorical Logic Version 2.0 Boole, Venn, and the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Categorical Logic
Truth-Functional Logic
Think Like a Stoic! Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.0
Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.1 Stoic Logic Takes Form
Truth-Functional Logic Version 2.0 The Invention of Formal Languages in the Nineteenth Century
From English to TL: Techniques for Great Translations
Truth-Table Analysis Part 1 Truth Tables for the Operators
Truth-Table Analysis Part 2 Testing Sentences for Logical Status
Truth-Table Analysis Part 3 Testing Arguments for Validity
Truth-Table Analysis Part 4 Relations
Modern Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 1 The First Four Rules
Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 2 Four More Inference Rules
Truth-Functional Deduction Part 3 Replacement Rules
Truth-Functional Deduction Part 4 Indirect and Conditional Proof
Premise-Free Proofs
Interlude: Philosophy of Logic
Predicate Logic
Predicate Logic Version 1.1 Frege Unites Categorical and Stoic Logic
Predicate Logic Version 1.2 It's All About Relationships
Predicate Logic Version 1.3 To Be or Not to Be: The Logic of Identity
Natural Deduction Proofs with Monadic Predicates
A Semantical Theory for Predicate Logic
Conditional and Indirect Predicate Proofs
Proofs with Overlapping Quantifiers
The Summit: Predicate Logic with Identity
Informal and Inductive Logic
The Art of Definition
The Informal Fallacies
The Varieties of Inductive Reasoning
Elementary Probability Theory
Modal Logic
Elementary Modal Logic
Appendices
Classical Indian Logic
Metalogic: The Logic of Logic
GQdel's Theorem: The Power of Logic Revealed
Logic and Computers: How an Idea in Logic Led to the Digital Computer and Transformed the World
Answers to Selected ExercisesE-p1
Index