Deductive Logic: An Introduction to Evaluation Technique and Logical Theory / Edition 2

by D. S. Clarke, Richard Behling

Overview

Deductive Logic is designed as an intermediate-level text directed at upper-division students from philosophy and the humanities. Its focus is exclusively on deductive logic, avoiding altogether topics such as informal reasoning and scientific method normally included in introductory logic courses. Its exposition of logical topics is informal, with emphasis on explaining the basic concepts and procedures of modern symbolic logic in the simplest and most intuitive manner possible rather than on developing a rigorous formal system and providing proofs of its properties. The fact that the text presupposes a course offered to philosophy students and serves to introduce them to logic as the "language of philosophy" has strongly influenced the selection of topics. The topics here are controversial, and the problems not easily resolved, but this text strives to relate the formal logical structures introduced to issues of philosophic interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761809227
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	03/19/1998
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

D.S. Clarke is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Richard Behling is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Editorial Reviews

As an introduction to the language of philosophy for the student without a sophisticated mathematical background, this volume emphasizes the basic concepts and procedures of modern symbolic logic rather than proofs. Topics include: sentence, modal imperative, and deontic logic; the predicate calculus; and relations and identity. Applying such techniques to reasoning about everyday behavior remains as controversial as it was when the concept was introduced in the 1973 edition by Clarke. Includes chapter exercises, some advanced topics, and supplementary appendices (e.g. a summary of syntactic rules). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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