Understanding Symbolic Logic Virginia Klenk

Understanding Symbolic Logic by Virginia Klenk

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For one-semester/two-quarter/full-year, lower-/upper-level undergraduate courses in Formal Logic and Deductive Logic.

This is a comprehensive Each unit is divided into easily comprehended small bites. The book provides extremely detailed explanations of procedures and techniques.

Understanding Symbolic Logic by Virginia Klenk

Designed for those who have no prior background in logic, philosophy, or mathematics, this comprehensive introduction covers all the standard topics of symbolic logic through relational predicate logic with identity. Understanding Symbolic Logic, Fourth Edition, is completely reader-friendly. All concepts and theories are presented in small "bites," helping you to master the concepts of symbolic logic with confidence. Understanding Symbolic Logic, Fourth Edition, features: *Explanations keyed to the difficulty of the topics covered; *Numerous worked-out examples; many detailed, step-by-step symbolizations; over 50 fully worked-out proofs; additional exercises; and *"Extra credit" units that offer a glimpse into alternative methods of logic and more advanced topics; *New for the Fourth Edition: New explanatory material on logical form and other topics; many updates and clarifications; a new exercise set; and more. Pearson Education

I. SENTENTIAL LOGIC.

1. Introduction to Logic.
2. The Structure of Sentential Logic.
3. Computing Truth Values.
4. Symbolizing English Sentences.
5. Truth Tables for Testing Validity.
6. Further Applications of the Truth Table Method.
7. The Proof Method: Eight Basic Inference Rules.
8. Replacement Rules.
9. Conditional Proof and Indirect Proof.

II. MONADIC PREDICATE LOGIC.

10. Singular Sentences.
11. Quantifiers.
12. Categorical Propositions.
13. Complex Subjects and Predicates.
14. Quantifier Form and Truth-Functional Compounds of Quantifier Statements.
15. Proofs in Predicate Logic.
16. Invalidity in Quantifier Logic.

III. RELATIONAL PREDICATE LOGIC.

17. Symbolization in Relational Predicate Logic.
18. Proofs and Invalidity for Relational Predicate Logic.
19. Identity and Definite Descriptions.
20. Proofs Involving Identity.

IV. EXTRA CREDIT UNITS.

21. Well-Formed Formulas for Sentential Logic.
22. Polish Notation for Sentential Logic.
23. Proof Trees for Sentential Logic.
24. Using Venn Diagrams to Prove Validity.
25. Stroke (nand) and Dagger (nor) Operators.
26. Proof Trees for Predicate Logic.
Answers to Starred Exercises.
Index.

Understanding Symbolic Logic Virginia Klenk

Understanding Symbolic Logic by Virginia Klenk

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