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Author:   Robert M. Martin
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.439kg
ISBN:  

9781551116358

ISBN 10:   1551116359
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 May 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION What Symbolic Logic Is What It’s Good For What You Should Do CHAPTER ONE: SENTENCE LOGIC Sentences Arguments Validity and Invalidity Soundness Consistency and Inconsistency Necessary Truth and Falsity Logical Truth, Falsity, Indeterminacy Logical Equivalency Peculiar Consequences Sentential Logic Atomic Sentences Conjunctions Disjunctions Conditionals Biconditional Negations Compound Sentences Truth Tables for Compound Sentences Translating Using Truth Tables Truth-Functional Logical Properties Answers to Exercises in Chapter One CHAPTER TWO: SENTENCE DERIVATIONS Derivations Conjunction Rules Conditional Rules Disjunction Rules Negation Rules Biconditional Rules Reiteration List of All the Rules About This Set of Rules Learning the Derivation System Strategies Rules of Thumb What Derivations Prove How to learn the Skill Answers to Exercises in Chapter Two CHAPTER THREE: QUANTIFIER LOGIC Predicates and Constants The Universal Quantifier The Existential Quantifier Well-Formed Quantified Sentences Understanding Quantified Sentences Multiple Quantification Quantificational Logical Properties Proving Quantificational Logical Properties Answers to Exercises in Chapter Three CHAPTER FOUR: QUANTIFIER DERIVATIONS About Quantifier Derivations Undischarged Assumptions Main Connective Substitution Instance Universal Elimination Existential Introduction Universal Introduction Existential Elimination List of All the Additional Quantifier Rules Using Derivations (Again) Answers to Exercises in Chapter Four

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The tidiest logic text on the market. Just what you need and no more, presented with a light and student-friendly touch. - Adam Morton, University of Alberta

The tidiest logic text on the market. Just what you need and no more, presented with a light and student-friendly touch. --Adam Morton

Author Information

Robert M. Martin is Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University. His many books include On Ayer (Wadsworth), The Meaning of Language (MIT Press), and On Ockham, with Sharon Kaye (Wadsworth). He is also the author of There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book, The Philosopher's Dictionary, and Scientific Thinking (Broadview Press).

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