Mind Your Logic

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Designed for the introductory logic student, this book contains a treatment of the essential ingredients of an introductory course. Exercises are provided for each major point covered, and in addition to traditional ‘problem-solving’ exercises, there are invitations to the student to explain in a brief paragraph the concept just discussed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-06
Mått:184 x 232 x 11 mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:9781465212832

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Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: What Logic Is and Is Not1.1 What Logic Can and Cannot Do1.2 Arguments1.3 Statements and Sentences1.4 Defining Inductive and Deductive Arguments1.5 Induction1.6 Deduction Chapter Two: Everyday Mistakes in Reasoning2.1 Logical vs. Psychological Mistakes2.2 Some Typical Psychological Mistakes: A discussion of some typical "informal fallacies"2.3 How Can Mistakes in Reasoning be Avoided? Chapter Three: Classical Logic3.1 Aristotle and His Importance3.2 Classes and Categorical Propositions3.3 The Square of Opposition3.4 A Sketch of Some Related Philosophical Issues3.5 Symbolizing and Diagramming the Categorical Propositions3.6 Putting the Pieces Together: Categorical Syllogisms3.7 Testing Categorical Syllogisms for Validity: Venn Diagrams3.8 Testing Categorical Syllogisms for Validity: Aristotle's Way3.9 Getting the Most Out of Classical Logic Chapter Four: Contemporary Logic4.1 Why Classical Logic Has Not Been Rendered Obsolete4.2 Advantages of Constructing a Symbolic Language4.3 Symbolic Logic as a Game4.4 Learning the Game: What Gets Symbolized?4.5 Truth Tables for Conjunction, Disjunction, and Negation4.6 Punctuation in Symbolic Logic4.7 Material Implication and Its Truth Table4.8 Testing Arguments With Truth Tables4.9 Tautologies, Contradictions, and Contingent Statements4.10 Material and Logical Equivalence Chapter Five: Formal Proof of the Validity of Arguments5.1 How Truth Tables Can Get Complicated5.2 Truth Tables and Formal Proof Compared5.3 The Rules of Inference and Substitution Instances5.4 Putting Together Formal Proofs5.5 The Rule of Replacement and Its Role in Formal Proof5.6 Formal Proof and Invalid Arguments5.7 Validity and Inconsistent Premises5.8 Quantification: Classical and Contemporary Logic Meet Chapter Six: Some Further Considerations6.1 The Applicability of Logic to Our Lives6.2 Why Mr. Data is Not the Captain of the Enterprise6.3 Why Mr. Data is Important to the EnterpriseGlossary of Common TermsAnswers to All ExercisesMore Exercises for Practice