Essentials of Symbolic Logic is a concise and clearly written introduction to the topic. Based on years of use in colleges and universities, the book provides an accessible and thorough grounding in sentence logic and predicate logic. While technical jargon is kept to a minimum, all necessary logical concepts and vocabulary are explained clearly. A standard system of natural deduction is developed, and readers are given suggestions for developing strategies for creating derivations (proofs) in this system.
The third edition of Essentials of Symbolic Logic is a concise and clearly written introduction to the topic.
The third edition of Essentials of Symbolic Logic is a concise and clearly written introduction to the topic.
12 Translate the following argument into symbols. Use the given notation. Use a completely unrestricted domain. e: Essentials of Symbolic Logic B_: is badly written C. : is clear I_: _ is interesting J. : contains stupid jokes L. : is a ...
The first half of the book deals with all the basic elements of Sentential Logic: the five truth-functional connectives, formation rules and translation into this language, truth-tables for validity, logical truth/falsity, equivalency, ...
Rendered from the 11th Edition of Copi/Cohen, Introduction to Logic, the most respected introductory logic book on the market, this concise version presents a simplified yet rigorous introduction to the study of logic.
Famous classic has introduced countless readers to symbolic logic with its thorough and precise exposition.
Brimming with visual examples of concepts, derivation rules, and proof strategies, this introductory text is ideal for students with no previous experience in logic.
This text makes this often confounding topic much more accessible with step-by-step example proofs, chapter glossaries of key terms, hundreds of homework problems and solutions for practice, and suggested further readings.
These equivalences are known as De Morgan's laws, after the nineteenth-century logician Augustus De Morgan. Are the statements ¬(p → q) and ¬p → ¬q logically equivalent? Justify your answer using truth tables.
Formal Logic is an undergraduate text suitable for introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses in symbolic logic.