An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition

Richard T.W. Arthur

ISBN 10: 1554813328 / ISBN 13: 9781554813322

Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, US, 2016

Beschreibung

In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern "informal logic" with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.A previous edition of this book appeared under the title Natural Deduction. This new edition adds clarifications of the notions of explanation, validity and formal validity, a more detailed discussion of derivation strategies, and another rule of inference, Reiteration.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781554813322

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition
• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1554813328
• ISBN-13: 9781554813322
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

A previous edition of this book appeared under the title Natural Deduction. This new edition adds clarifications of the notions of explanation, validity and formal validity, a more detailed discussion of derivation strategies, and another rule of inference, Reiteration.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard T.W. Arthur is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, Canada.