Introduction to Logic

ISBN-13: 9780415226745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 416 str.

S.J. Harry J. Gensler

Opis

Introduction to Logic offers a clear, interesting and accessible introduction to what has long been considered one of the most challenging subjects in philosophy. 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. Using simple and manageable methods for testing arguments, the reader is led through in a careful step-by-step way to master the complexities of logic.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Logic 1 Chapter 2: Syllogistic Logic Chapter 3: Basic Propositional Logic Chapter 4: Propositional Proofs Chapter 5: Basic Quantificational Logic Chapter 6: Relations and Identity Chapter 7: Basic Modal Logic Chapter 8: Further Modal Systems Chapter 9: Deontic and Imperative Logic Chapter 10: Belief Logic Chapter 11: A Formalized Ethical Theory Chapter 12: Metalogic Chapter 13: Inductive Reasoning Chapter 14: Meaning and Definitions Chapter 15: Fallacies and Argumentation

O autorze

Harry J. Gensler is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University. He is the authir of Gödel's Theorem Simplified (1984, Logic: Analyzing and Appraising Arguments (1989), Symbolic Logic: Classical and Advanced Systems (1990), Formal Ethics (1996), and Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (1998).