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Introduction to logic

Harry Gensler engages the reader with the basics of logic through practical examples and important arguments in the history of philosophy and from contemporary philosophy
Print Book, English, 2017
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Routledge, New York, 2017
Problems and Exercises
x, 414 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781138910584, 9781138910591, 1138910589, 1138910597
957680480
ebook version :
Introduction. Logic ; Valid arguments ; Sound arguments ; The plan of this book
Part one. Syllogistic, Informal, and inductive logic. Syllogistic logic ; Meaning and definitions ; Fallacies and argumentation ; Inductive reasoning
Part two. Classical symbolic logic. Basic propositional logic ; Propositional proofs ; Basic quantificational logic ; Relations and identity
Part three. Advanced symbolic systems. Basic modal logic ; Further modal systems ; Deontic and imperative logic ; Belief logic ' A formalized ethical theory
Part four. Further vistas. Metalogic ; History of logic ; Deviant logics ; Philosophy of logic