Introduction to Logic

by Gensler, Harry J.

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Full title :Introduction to Logic.

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Publication Date:2016.
Edition:3rd ed

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Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

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17.4 Relevance logic.

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Description:1 online resource (587 pages)

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ISBN:9781317436119, 1317436113
oclc:ocn968730551
LC Classification:BC71
Dewey Decimal:160

Cover; Note to E-book Users; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Logic; 1.2 Valid arguments; 1.3 Sound arguments; 1.4 The plan of this book; 2 Syllogistic Logic; 2.1 Easier translations; 2.2 The star test; 2.3 English arguments; 2.4 Harder translations; 2.5 Deriving conclusions; 2.6 Venn diagrams; 2.7 Idiomatic arguments; 2.8 The Aristotelian view; 3 Meaning and Definitions; 3.1 Uses of language; 3.2 Lexical definitions; 3.3 Stipulative definitions; 3.4 Explaining meaning; 3.5 Making distinctions; 3.6 Analytic and synthetic; 3.7 A priori and a posteriori.

4 Fallacies and Argumentation4.1 Good arguments; 4.2 Informal fallacies; 4.3 Inconsistency; 4.4 Constructing arguments; 4.5 Analyzing arguments; 5 Inductive Reasoning; 5.1 The statistical syllogism; 5.2 Probability calculations; 5.3 Philosophical questions; 5.4 Reasoning from a sample; 5.5 Analogical reasoning; 5.6 Analogy and other minds; 5.7 Mill's methods; 5.8 Scientific laws; 5.9 Best-explanation reasoning; 5.10 Problems with induction; 6 Basic Propositional Logic; 6.1 Easier translations; 6.2 Basic truth tables; 6.3 Truth evaluations; 6.4 Unknown evaluations; 6.5 Complex truth tables.

6.6 The truth-tab…