Introduction to Logic, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (November 12, 2007) © 2008

  • Rod Girle
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Title overview

Introduction to Logic is a combined text and workbook for students beginning their study of logic. The workbook style allows students to proceed at their own pace, checking their progress in the end-of-chapter exercises.

  • The text covers propositional logic and predicate logic with identity, the focus being on arguments.
  • The methods of proof are truth-tables and truth-trees (semantic tableaux) in the style of Jeffrey.

This text is suitable for students of philosophy, computer science, mathematics and science in general.

Table of contents

  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Using This Text
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Beginning Logic
  • Part One: Propositional Logic
  • Chapter 2 A New Language
  • Chapter 3 Truth-Tables
  • Chapter 4 Arguments and Truth-Tables
  • Chapter 5 Truth-Trees
  • Chapter 6 Reliability of PC
  • Part Two: Predicate Logic
  • Chapter 7 A Richer Language
  • Chapter 8 Truth in Monadic Predicate Logic
  • Chapter 9 Truth-Trees For MQT
  • Chapter 10 General Predicate Logic
  • Chapter 11 Truth-Trees for Predicate Logic
  • Chapter 12 Identity, At Least, At Most
  • Postscript
  • Answers To Exercises
  • Index And Glossary
  • References
  • Summary

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