An Introduction to Symbolic Logic

An Introduction to Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: Langer
  • Publisher: Courier Corporation
  • ISBN: 9780486601649
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 390

Famous classic has introduced countless readers to symbolic logic with its thorough and precise exposition. Starts with simple symbols and conventions and concludes with the Boole-Schroeder and Russell-Whitehead systems. No special knowledge of mathematics necessary. "One of the clearest and simplest introductions to a subject which is very much alive." — Mathematics Gazette.


Symbolic Logic

Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: David W. Agler
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN: 1442217421
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 397

Brimming with visual examples of concepts, derivation rules, and proof strategies, this introductory text is ideal for students with no previous experience in logic. Symbolic Logic: Syntax, Semantics, and Proof introduces students to the fundamental concepts, techniques, and topics involved in deductive reasoning. Agler guides students through the basics of symbolic logic by explaining the essentials of two classical systems, propositional and predicate logic. Students will learn translation both from formal language into English and from English into formal language; how to use truth trees and truth tables to test propositions for logical properties; and how to construct and strategically use derivation rules in proofs. 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.


Socratic Logic

Socratic Logic

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  • Author: Peter Kreeft
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781587318085
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This new and revised edition of Peter Kreeft's Socratic Logic is updated, adding new exercises and more complete examples, all with Kreeft's characteristic clarity and wit. Since its introduction in the spring of 2004, Socratic Logic has proven to be a different type of logic text: . (1) This is the only complete system of classical Aristotelian logic in print. The "old logic" is still the natural logic of the four language arts (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Symbolic, or "mathematical," logic is not for the humanities. (How often have you heard someone argue in symbolic logic?) (2) This book is simple and user-friendly. It is highly interactive, with a plethora of exercises and a light, engaging style. (3) It is practical. It is designed for do-it-yourselfers as well as classrooms. It emphasizes topics in proportion to probable student use: e.g., interpreting ordinary language, not only analyzing but also constructing effective arguments, smoking out hidden assumptions, making "argument maps," and using Socratic method in various circumstances. (4) It is philosophical. Its exercises expose students to many classical quotations, and additional chapters introduce philosophical issues in a Socratic manner and from a common- sense, realistic point of view. It prepares students for reading Great Books rather than Dick and Jane, and models Socrates as the beginner's ideal teacher and philosopher.


Introducing Symbolic Logic

Introducing Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: Robert M. Martin
  • Publisher: Broadview Press
  • ISBN: 9781551116358
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 274

This accessible, SHORT introduction to symbolic logic includes coverage of sentential and predicate logic, translations, truth tables, and derivations. The author’s engaging style makes this the most informal of introductions to formal logic. Topics are explained in a conversational, easy-to-understand way for readers not familiar with mathematics or formal systems, and the author provides patient, reader-friendly explanations—even with the occasional bit of humour. 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, consistency and derivations. The second half deals with Quantifier Logic: the two quantifiers, formation rules and translation, demonstrating certain logical characteristics by “Finding an Interpretation” and derivations. There are plenty of exercises scattered throughout, more than in many texts, arranged in order of increasing difficulty and including separate answer keys.


Introduction to Symbolic Logic and Its Applications

Introduction to Symbolic Logic and Its Applications

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  • Author: Rudolf Carnap
  • Publisher: Courier Corporation
  • ISBN: 048614349X
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

Clear, comprehensive, and rigorous treatment develops the subject from elementary concepts to the construction and analysis of relatively complex logical languages. Hundreds of problems, examples, and exercises. 1958 edition.


Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic

Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: Lewis Carroll
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 556


Symbolic Logic

Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: John Venn
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 9780821841990
  • Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 584

Venn's style is to take his readers very much into his confidence: as he builds the theory, he carefully points out the alternative paths he might have taken, the alternative definitions he might have used, he shows what the implications of these alternatives are, and justifies his choice on the broadest possible grounds. What is distinctive about this work may be given in part in Venn's own words: ``The thorough examination of symbolic logic as a whole, that is, in its relation to ordinary logic and ordinary thought and language; the establishment of every general symbolic expression and rule on purely logical principles, instead of looking mainly to its formal justification; and the invention and employment of a scheme of diagrammatic notation which shall be in true harmony with our generalizations.''


Elementary Symbolic Logic

Elementary Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: William Gustason
  • Publisher: Waveland Press
  • ISBN: 1478608889
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 353

This volume offers a serious study of the fundamentals of symbolic logic that will neither frustrate nor bore the reader. The emphasis is on developing the students grasp of standard techniques and concepts rather than on achieving a high degree of sophistication. Coverage embraces all of the standard topics in sentential and quantificational logic, including multiple quantification, relations, and identity. Semantic and deductive topics are carefully distinguished, and appendices include an optional discussion of metatheory for sentential logic and truth trees.


Symbolic Logic 4e

Symbolic Logic 4e

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  • Author: Dr. Daniel Kern
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 1365005887
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 180

Designed for a first, college-level course in Symbolic Logic, in class or online. Covers Sentential Logic, Natural Deduction, Truth Trees, Predicate Logic and Quantifier Logic.


Introduction to Symbolic Logic

Introduction to Symbolic Logic

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  • Author: John L. Pollock
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 264