This text is meant for the majority of students found in logic classrooms, those whose intellectual pursuits lie far outside philosophy and the field of logic. Put diferently, this book is for the 99% who …

Preface This very comprehensive Introduction to Logic covers: syllogisms; informal inductive propositional aspects of reasoning reasoning; and quantificational (like meaning and fallacies);

In addition to Learning Logic, an eBook and other quizzes and self-study material are available on the Logic CourseMate site. Also available online through the Logic CourseMate site are brief video …

The propositional logic and the first-order logic that are presented here are sound and complete, and the deduction and resolution theorems apply. But it is a serious question, whether a logical system has …

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We'll visit these topics in an interleaved manner first propositional logic (immediately with its semantics) and three methods of reasoning for it; then first-order logic and an in-depth look at its interpretations, …

The definition of logic as the science and art of correct thinking defines logic by stating its proximate end or purpose. In our last chapter (Chapter 16), we shall consider logic from another point of view and …

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Inductive logic is a very difficult and intricate subject, partly because the practitioners (experts) of this discipline are not in complete agreement concerning what constitutes correct inductive reasoning.

In this, the 15th Edition of Introduction to Logic , we have made every effort to address and improve several core topics in our treatment of symbolic logic, without altering the essential structure and …