Beginning Logic (University Paperbacks)

by Edward John Lemmon

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The aim of this book is to provide an exposition of elementary formal logic. The course, which is primarily intended for first-year students who have no previous knowledge of the subject, forms a working basis for more advanced reading and is presented in such a way as to be intelligible to the layman. The nature of logic is examined with the gradual introduction of worked samples showing how to distinguish the sound statement from the unsound. Arguments whose soundness cannot be proved by propositional calculus are discussed, and it is shown how formalization can reveal the logical form of arguments. The final section of the book deals with the application of the predicate calculus as applied in various other fields of logic.
  • ISBN10 0915144506
  • ISBN13 9780915144501
  • Publish Date 15 June 1978 (first published 29 March 1971)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 2 April 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 235
  • Language English