Introduction to Logic
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12th Edition
Published on 4. February 1994
Book
Hardback
978-0-02-325044-6 (ISBN)
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Introduction to Logic is a proven textbook that has been honed through the collaborative efforts of many scholars over the last five decades. Its scrupulous attention to detail and precision in exposition and explanation is matched by the greatest accuracy in all associated detail. In addition, it continues to capture student interest through its personalized human setting and current examples. The 14th Edition of Introduction to Logic, written by Copi, Cohen & McMahon, is dedicated to the many thousands of students and their teachers - at hundreds of universities in the United States and around the world - who have used its fundamental methods and techniques of correct reasoning in their everyday lives.
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Series
Edition
12th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-02-325044-6 (9780023250446)
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Content
Foreward
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I LOGIC AND LAGUAGE
SECTION A REASONING
Chapter 1 Basic Logical Concepts
Chapter 2 Analyzing Arguments
SECTION B INFORMAL LOGIC
Chapter 3 Language and Definitions
Chapter 4 Fallacies
Part II Deduction
Section A Classical Logic
Chapter 5 Categorical Propositions
Chapter 6 Categorical Syllogisms
Appendix: Deduction of the Fifteen Valid Forms of the Categorical Syllogism
Chapter 7 Syllogisms in Ordinary Language
Section B Modern Logic
Chapter 8 Symbolic Logic
Chapter 9 Methods of Deduction
Chapter 10 Quantification Theory
Part III Induction
Section A Analogy and Causation
Chapter 11 Analogical Reasoning
Chapter 12 Causal Reasoning
Section B Science and Probability
Chapter 13 Science and Hypothesis
Chapter 14 Probability
Appendix
Solutions to Selected Exercises
Glossary/Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I LOGIC AND LAGUAGE
SECTION A REASONING
Chapter 1 Basic Logical Concepts
Chapter 2 Analyzing Arguments
SECTION B INFORMAL LOGIC
Chapter 3 Language and Definitions
Chapter 4 Fallacies
Part II Deduction
Section A Classical Logic
Chapter 5 Categorical Propositions
Chapter 6 Categorical Syllogisms
Appendix: Deduction of the Fifteen Valid Forms of the Categorical Syllogism
Chapter 7 Syllogisms in Ordinary Language
Section B Modern Logic
Chapter 8 Symbolic Logic
Chapter 9 Methods of Deduction
Chapter 10 Quantification Theory
Part III Induction
Section A Analogy and Causation
Chapter 11 Analogical Reasoning
Chapter 12 Causal Reasoning
Section B Science and Probability
Chapter 13 Science and Hypothesis
Chapter 14 Probability
Appendix
Solutions to Selected Exercises
Glossary/Index