An Introduction to Formal Logic

Peter Smith

ISBN 10: 191690632X / ISBN 13: 9781916906327

Verlag: Logic Matters, 2021

2021. Second edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781916906327

Inhaltsangabe:

Formal logic provides us with a powerful set of techniques for criticizing some arguments and showing others to be valid. These techniques are relevant to all of us with an interest in being skilful and accurate reasoners. In this very accessible book, extensively revised and rewritten for the second edition, Peter Smith presents a guide to the fundamental aims and basic elements of formal logic. He introduces the reader to the languages of propositional and predicate logic, and develops natural deduction systems for evaluating arguments translated into these languages. His discussion is richly illustrated with worked examples and exercises, and alongside the formal work there is illuminating philosophical commentary. This book, a corrected reprint of an edition first published by CUP, will make an ideal text for a first logic course and will provide a firm basis for further work in formal and philosophical logic.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Until he retired, Peter Smith was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Introduction to Formal Logic
Verlag: Logic Matters
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 2. Auflage