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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cengage Learning
ISBN-10
0357798686
ISBN-13
9780357798683
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3058369287
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
752 Pages
Publication Name
Concise Introduction to Logic
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Subject
Logic
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
9 in
Item Weight
38.4 Oz
Item Length
1.2 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
14
Intended Audience
College Audience
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
160
Table Of Content
Part I: INFORMAL LOGIC.1. Basic Concepts.Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions. Exercise. Recognizing Arguments. Exercise. Deduction and Induction. Exercise. Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency. Exercise. Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity. Exercise. Extended Arguments. Exercise.2. Language: Meaning and Definition.Varieties of Meaning. Exercise. The Intension and Extension of Terms. Exercise. Definitions and Their Purposes. Exercise. Definitional Techniques. Exercise. Criteria for Lexical Definitions. Exercise.3. Informal Fallacies.Fallacies in General. Exercise. Fallacies of Relevance. Exercise. Fallacies of Weak Induction. Exercise. Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Illicit Transference. Exercise. Fallacies in Ordinary Language. Exercise.Part II: FORMAL LOGIC.4. Categorical Propositions.The Components of Categorical Propositions. Exercise. Quality, Quantity, and Distribution. Exercise. Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition. Exercise. Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition. Exercise. The Traditional Square of Opposition. Exercise. Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint. Exercise. Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form. Exercise.5. Categorical Syllogisms.Standard Form, Mood, and Figure. Exercise. Venn Diagrams. Exercise. Rules and Fallacies. Exercise. Reducing the Number of Terms. Exercise. Ordinary Language Arguments. Exercise. Enthymemes. Exercise. Sorites. Exercise.6. Propositional Logic.Symbols and Translation. Exercise. Truth Functions. Exercise. Truth Tables for Propositions. Exercise. Truth Tables for Arguments. Exercise. Indirect Truth Tables. Exercise. Argument Forms and Fallacies. Exercise.7. Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic.Rules of Implication I. Exercise. Rules of Implication II. Exercise. Rules of Replacement I. Exercise. Rules of Replacement II. Exercise. Conditional Proof. Exercise. Indirect Proof. Exercise. Proving Logical Truths. Exercise.8. Predicate Logic.Symbols and Translation. Exercise. Using the Rules of Inference. Exercise. Quantifier Negation Rule. Exercise. Conditional and Indirect Proof. Exercise. Proving Invalidity. Exercise. Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers. Exercise. Identity. Exercise.Part III: INDUCTIVE LOGIC.9. Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning.Analogical Reasoning. Legal Reasoning. Moral Reasoning. Exercise.10. Causality and Mill's Methods."Cause" and Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. Mill's Five Methods. Mill's Methods and Science. Exercise.11. Probability.Theories of Probability. The Probability Calculus. Exercise.12. Statistical Reasoning.Evaluating Statistics. Samples. The Meaning of "Average." Dispersion. Graphs and Pictograms. Percentages. Exercise.13. Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning.The Hypothetical Method. Hypothetical Reasoning: Four Examples from Science. The Proof of Hypotheses. The Tentative Acceptance of Hypotheses. Exercise.14. Science and Superstition.Distinguishing Between Science and Superstition. Evidentiary Support. Objectivity. Integrity. Abusing Science. Exercise.Answers to Selected Exercises.Glossary/Index.
Synopsis
Over a million students have learned to be more discerning at constructing and evaluating arguments with the help of Hurley's A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC. The text's clear, student-friendly and thorough presentation has made it the most widely used logic text in North America. Studying logic offers multiple benefits. It helps you think through problems in an organized and systematic way. It instills patterns of reasoning that enable you to persuade others as to the correctness of your convictions, and it teaches you how to use language clearly and precisely. Doing well in logic improves your skills in ways that will help in your other courses, everyday life and future career. Additionally, for the 14th edition, the WebAssign online platform provides interactive exercises, online homework solutions, multimedia tutorials, help videos and the complete text in an eBook format.
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BC108.H83 2023
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