Harry J Gensler

Introduction to Logic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Logic is clear and concise, uses interesting examples, and has innovative, easy-to-use proof methods. It covers a wide range of topics, including syllogisms; definitions and fallacies; inductive reasoning; propositional and quantificational logic; modal, deontic, and belief logic; and metalogic, history of logic, deviant logic, and philosophy of logic. Different parts can be used in a range of logic courses. Updates to the Third Edition include fuller coverage of traditional Copi proofs, better explanations of truth trees, improved explanations throughout, and updated and improved LogiCola software (still free from http://www.harryhiker.com/lc).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9781138910591
• ISBN-10: 1138910597
• Artikelnr.: 46907490

Autorenporträt

Harry J. Gensler, S.J., is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. His fourteen earlier books include Gödel's Theorem Simplified (1984), Formal Ethics (1996), Catholic Philosophy Anthology (2005), Historical Dictionary of Logic (2006), Historical Dictionary of Ethics (2008), Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (1998 & 2011), Ethics and the Golden Rule (2013), and Ethics and Religion (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1: Syllogistic, Informal, and Inductive Logic 2.
Syllogistic Logic 3. Meaning and Definitions 4. Fallacies and Argumentation
5. Inductive Reasoning Part 2: Classical Symbolic Logic 6. Basic
Propositional Logic 7. Propositional Proofs 8. Basic Quantificational Logic
9. Relations and Identity Part 3: Advanced Symbolic Systems 10. Basic Modal
Logic 11. Further Modal Systems 12. Deontic and Imperative Logic 13. Belief
Logic 14. A Formalized Ethical Theory Part 4: Further Vistas 15. Metalogic
16. History of Logic 17. Deviant Logic 18. Philosophy of Logic