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| This tentative table of contents is for early review purposes; the final contents may not include all of the selections listed here | |
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| Each chapter contains: exercises, LSAT questions, "What Will I Learn in This Chapter" | |
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| "What Have I Learned in This Chapter" | |
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| How Can I Apply What I Have Learned in This Chapter?" and "Where Do I Go from Here?" | |
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| Basic Concepts of Logic | |
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| Arguments | |
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| The Historical Roots of Logic | |
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| Induction and Deduction | |
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| Validity and Soundness | |
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| Logical Strength and Cogency | |
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| Refutation | |
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| Proof | |
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| Logic and Language | |
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| Use and Mention | |
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| The Uses of Language | |
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| Kinds of Definitions | |
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| Ways of Defining | |
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| Rules for Lexical Definitions | |
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| Arguments in Context | |
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| Fallacies | |
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| Syllogistic Logic | |
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| Aristotelian Logic | |
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| Diagramming and Symbolizing Categorical Statements | |
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| Categorical Equivalences | |
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| Syllogisms | |
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| Using Venn Diagrams to Refute Invalid Syllogisms | |
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| Using Canons to Test Syllogisms for Invalidity | |
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| Syllogistic Fallacies | |
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| Enthymemes and Sorites | |
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| Proofs of Valid Syllogisms | |
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| The Limits of Syllogistic Logic | |
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| Truth-functional Logic: Symbolization and Refutation | |
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| Stoic Logic | |
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| Symbolizing Truth-functional Arguments | |
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| Truth Tables | |
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| Classifying and Comparing Statements | |
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| Implication and Equivalence | |
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| Refuting Invalid Truth-functional Arguments | |
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| Truth-functional Fallacies | |
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| The Sheffer Arrow | |
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| Truth-functional Logic: Proofs | |
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| Statement-Forms and Their Instances | |
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| Modus Ponens and Rules for Conjunctions, Disjunctions and Biconditionals | |
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| Conditional Proof | |
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| Indirect Proof | |
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| Shortcut Rules | |
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| Shortcut Rules, Continued | |
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| Strategies and Tactics | |
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| Other Uses for Truth-functional Proofs | |
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| The Nature of Truth-functional Proofs | |
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| Quantificational Logic | |
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| Frege's Project | |
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| Quantificational Notation: Monadic Predicates | |
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| Quantificational Notation: Polyadic Predicates | |
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| Quantificational Proofs | |
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| The Nature of Quantificational Logic | |
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| Properties of Relations and Second-Order Logic | |
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| The Outcome of Frege's Project | |
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| Inductive Logic | |
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| Inductive Arguments | |
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| Appeal to Authority | |
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| Argument by Analogy | |
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| The Strength of Inductive Arguments | |
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| Hypothesis and Confirmation | |
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| Causal Reasoning | |
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| Argument by Generalization | |
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| Samples | |
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| Probabilistic Reasoning | |
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| Solutions to Starred Exercises | |
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| Glossary/Index | |