
Logic
Greg Restall(Author)
Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Published on 15. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-85728-302-0 (ISBN)
Description
An introduction to logic which avoids excessive technicality, and is grounded in the needs of students approaching to philosophy for the first time. The author is from the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at Macquarie University.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
53 black & white tables
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85728-302-0 (9781857283020)
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Person
Greg Restall is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne
Content
Part 1: Propositional Logic 1. Propositions and Arguments 2. Connectives and Argument Forms 3. Truth Tables 4. Trees 5. Vagueness and Bivalence 6. Conditionality 7. Natural Deduction Part 2: Predicate Logic 8. Predicates, Names and Quantifiers 9. Models for Predicate Logic 10. Trees for Predicate Logic 11. Identity and Functions 12. Definite Descriptions 13. Some Things do not Exist. 14. What is a Predicate? 15. What is Logic?