Modern Logic
A Text in Elementary Symbolic Logic
Published on 7. April 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-508029-2 (ISBN)
Description
Modern Logic is a text designed for a first course in symbolic logic for students in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, or linguistics. The book covers classical sentential logic, monadic predicate logic, and full first-order logic with identity, in three separate sections. Modern Logic's natural deduction system will be easy for students to understand, and the material is carefully structured, with graded exercises at the end of each section, selected answers to which are provided at the back of the book. The book's emphasis throughout is to give the student a thorough understanding of the concepts rather than just a facility with formal procedures.
Reviews / Votes
"Looks like an attractive text, pitched at an appropriate level and with good exercises. I have adopted it."--A.M. Ungar, SUNY at Albany"An excellent introduction to elementary logic. Rigorous yet accessible to the superior undergraduate student. The sections on extensions to classical logic are especially appreciated."--Jan A. Smucker, Hanover College
"Of very real value, especially the final chapter on intuitionism and fuzzy logic--long overdue in introductory texts."--Patrick Grim, State University of New York at Stony Brook
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508029-2 (9780195080292)
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Person
Graeme Forbes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of Attitude Problems (Oxford, 2006), Languages of Possibility (1989), and The Metaphysics of Modality (Oxford, 1985). He has held research fellowships at New College, Oxford, and Edinburgh University, and has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at Riverside.
Content
Introduction ; Part I: Classical Sentential Logic ; 1. What is logic? ; 2. First steps in symbolization ; 3. Semantics for sentential logic ; Part II: Monadic Predicate Logic ; 5. Predication and quantification in English ; 6. Validity and provability in monadic predicate logic ; Part III: First-Order Logic with Identity ; 7. Advanced symbolizations ; 8. Validity and provability in first-order logic with identity ; Part IV: Extensions and Alternatives ; 9. An extension to classical logic: Modal logic ; 10. Alternatives to classical logic (I): Intuitionism ; 11. Alternatives to classical logic (II): Fuzzy logic ; Solutions to selected exercises ; Bibliography ; Index