Logic Primer, third edition
Published on 15. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-262-54364-4 (ISBN)
Description
"A comprehensive and rigorous textbook introduction to modern symbolic logic that provides a modular approach to formal deduction from the basic sentential logic through first-order predicate calculus"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54364-4 (9780262543644)
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Colin Allen | Michael Hand
Logic Primer, third edition
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Persons
Colin Allen is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is coauthor of Species of Mind and coeditor of Nature’s Purposes and The Cognitive Animal, all published by the MIT Press. Michael Hand is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.
Content
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Sentential Logic: Basic Concepts and a Formal Language 1
2 Sentential Logic: Proofs 17
3 Sentential Logic: Truth Tables 37
4 Predicate Logic: Formal Language 51
5 Predicate Logic: Proofs 65
6 Predicate Logic: Models 77
7 Predicate Logic with Identity 91
A Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises 101
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Sentential Logic: Basic Concepts and a Formal Language 1
2 Sentential Logic: Proofs 17
3 Sentential Logic: Truth Tables 37
4 Predicate Logic: Formal Language 51
5 Predicate Logic: Proofs 65
6 Predicate Logic: Models 77
7 Predicate Logic with Identity 91
A Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises 101