The Logic Manual (Paperback)

Volker Halbach

ISBN 10: 0199587841 / ISBN 13: 9780199587841

Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010

Paperback. The Logic Manual is a clear and concise introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a complete introductory course, guiding the reader carefully through the topics in logic that are most important for the study of philosophy. It covers propositional and predicate logic with and without identity. It includes an account of the semantics of these languages including definitions of truth and satisfaction. Natural deduction is used as aproof system. Volker Halbach introduces the essential concepts through examples and informal explanations as well as through abstract definitions.The Logic Manual provides the best entryto the general abstract way of thinking about language, logic, and semantics which is characteristic of contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website. The Logic Manual is the ideal introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a concise but complete introductory course, giving a firm grounding in the logic that is needed to study contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780199587841

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An exceptionally clear, concise, and affordable introduction to logic that is ideal for beginning philosophy students

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Volker Halbach is Reader and CUF Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford

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Titel: The Logic Manual (Paperback)
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new