Logic demystified

by Boutelle, Anthony

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Title Statements

Full title :Logic demystified / Anthony Boutelle, Stan Gibilisco.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 375 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780071701297, 007170129X, 1282914316, 9781282914315
oclc:ocn692730322
LC Classification:BC108
Dewey Decimal:160

Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Arguments, Validity, and Truth Tables -- What's Logic About? -- Terminology -- Logical Arguments -- What's Logic Good For? -- Logical Form -- An Example -- When Truth Doesn't Matter -- When Meaning Doesn't Matter -- Rules for Reasoning -- Identity -- Contradiction -- True or False -- Sentence Forms -- Subject/Verb (SV) Statements -- Subject/Verb/Object (SVO) Statements -- Subject/Linking Verb/Complement (SLVC) Statements -- Symbols and Operations -- Logical Negation (NOT) -- Logical Conjunction (AND) -- Inclusive Logical Disjunction (OR) -- Exclusive Logical Disjunction (XOR) -- Logical Implication (IF/THEN) -- Logical Equivalence (IFF) -- Tables for Basic Operations -- Table for Logical Negation -- Table for Conjunction -- Tables for Logical Disjunction -- Table for Logical Implication -- Table for Logical Equivalence -- A Quick Proof -- Precedence -- Examples of Precedence -- Proofs Using Truth Tables -- Reversing the Order of a Conjunction -- Grouping of Conjunctions -- Reversing the Order of an Inclusive Disjunction -- Grouping of Inclusive Disjunctions -- Reversing the Order of an Implication -- Ungrouping the Negation of a Conjunc…