ENGLISH

Beginning Logic

By E. J. Lemmon; Georce W. D. Berry (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
Hackett Publ. Co.
Year
1978
ISBN
0915144506, 978-0915144501
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
72 MB (75039197 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
225\242
Time added
2018-07-14 17:00:57
logic;philosophy;Aristotle;modern logic;ancient lo

Description

The aim of this book is to provide an exposition of elementary formal logic. The course, which is primarily intended for first-year students who have no previous knowledge of the subject, forms a working basis for more advanced reading and is presented in such a way as to be intelligible to the layman. The nature of logic is examined with the gradual introduction of worked samples showing how to distinguish the sound statement from the unsound. Arguments whose soundness cannot be proved by propositional calculus are discussed, and it is shown how formalization can reveal the logical form of arguments. The final section of the book deals with the application of the predicate calculus as applied in various other fields of logic.

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