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Product Identifiers

PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101603849491

ISBN-139781603849494

eBay Product ID (ePID)167966270

Product Key Features

Number of Pages504 Pages

Publication NameClassical Logic and Its Rabbit-Holes : a First Course

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectLogic

TypeTextbook

AuthorNelson Lande

Subject AreaPhilosophy

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Height7 in

Item Weight31.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width0.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-016243

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsMany students ask, 'What is the point of learning formal logic?' This book gives them the answer. Using the methods of deductive logic, Nelson Lande introduces each new element in exquisite detail, as he takes students through example after example, proof after proof, explaining the thinking behind each concept. Shaded areas and appendices throughout the book provide explanations and justifications that go beyond the main text, challenging those students who wish to delve deeper, and giving instructors the option of confining their course to the basics, or expanding it, when they wish, to more rigorous levels. Lande encourages students to think for themselves, while at the same time providing them with the level of explanation they need to succeed. It is a rigorous approach presented in a style that is informal, engaging, and accessible. Students will come away with a solid understanding of formal logic and why it is not only important, but also interesting and sometimes even fun. It is a text that brings the human element back into the teaching of logic. --Hans Halvorson, Princeton University, "Many students ask, 'What is the point of learning formal logic?' This book gives them the answer. "Using the methods of deductive logic, Nelson Lande introduces each new element in exquisite detail, as he takes students through example after example, proof after proof, explaining the thinking behind each concept. "Shaded areas and appendices throughout the book provide explanations and justifications that go beyond the main text, challenging those students who wish to delve deeper, and giving instructors the option of confining their course to the basics, or expanding it, when they wish, to more rigorous levels. "Lande encourages students to think for themselves, while at the same time providing them with the level of explanation they need to succeed. It is a rigorous approach presented in a style that is informal, engaging, and accessible. Students will come away with a solid understanding of formal logic and why it is not only important, but also interesting and sometimes even fun. It is a text that brings the human element back into the teaching of logic." -- Hans Halvorson, Princeton University

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal160

SynopsisA rigorous yet accessible and engaging introduction to symbolic logic that covers all thestandard topics and guides students with helpful suggestions for finding solutions toproblems of proof using the methods of deductive logic., Many students ask, 'What is the point of learning formal logic?' This book gives them the answer. Using the methods of deductive logic, Nelson Lande introduces each new element in exquisite detail, as he takes students through example after example, proof after proof, explaining the thinking behind each concept. Shaded areas and appendices throughout the book provide explanations and justifications that go beyond the main text, challenging those students who wish to delve deeper, and giving instructors the option of confining their course to the basics, or expanding it, when they wish, to more rigorous levels. Lande encourages students to think for themselves, while at the same time providing them with the level of explanation they need to succeed. It is a rigorous approach presented in a style that is informal, engaging, and accessible. Students will come away with a solid understanding of formal logic and why it is not only important, but also interesting and sometimes even fun. It is a text that brings the human element back into the teaching of logic. --Hans Halvorson, Princeton University

LC Classification NumberBC108.L25 2013