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A concise introduction to logic
Record details
- ISBN: 9781942341437
- ISBN: 9781942341420
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations (some colour)
remote - Publisher: Geneseo, NY : Open SUNY Textbooks, [2017]
- Distributor: [Victoria] : BCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 209). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Developing a precise language -- "If...then...." and "It is not the case that...." -- Good arguments -- Proofs -- "And" -- Conditional derivations -- "Or" -- Reductio ad absurdum -- "... if and only if ...", using theorems -- Summary of propositional logic -- Names and predicates -- "All" and "some" -- Reasoning with quantifiers -- Universal derivation -- Relations, functions, identity, and multiple quantifiers -- Summary of first order logic -- Some advanced topics in logic. |
| Information Relating to Copyright Status: | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. |
| Source of Description Note: | This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. |
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| Subject: | Logic Reasoning |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Summary:
"Concise Introduction to Logic is an introduction to formal logic suitable for undergraduates taking a general education course in logic or critical thinking, and is accessible and useful to any interested in gaining a basic understanding of logic. This text takes the unique approach of teaching logic through intellectual history; the author uses examples from important and celebrated arguments in philosophy to illustrate logical principles. The text also includes a basic introduction to findings of advanced logic. As indicators of where the student could go next with logic, the book closes with an overview of advanced topics, such as the axiomatic method, set theory, Peano arithmetic, and modal logic. Throughout, the text uses brief, concise chapters that readers will find easy to read and to review"--BC Campus website.
