Introduction to Logic

by Paul Herrick

Overview

With clear explanations and many contemporary examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life, author Paul Herrick untangles the complexities of logical theory in Introduction to Logic. Offering a unique combination of two approaches—the historical and the technical—he presents logic as both a fascinating, evolving story and a body of essential technical information with applications to every area of human thought.

Perfectly suited for use in any introductory logic course, Introduction to Logic is also tailored to the online logic course Philosophy 106, available as part of the Open Course Library at www.opencourselibrary.org. Jointly sponsored by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Course Library offers instructors complete, expertly developed online courses in eighty essential college subjects—including the logic class developed by Paul Herrick and his colleague Mark Storey—all available to faculty at no charge.

SUPPLEMENTS:

* An Instructor's Resource CD (978-0-19-989052-1) contains brief chapter summaries, answers to all of the questions in the text, additional questions and exercises to use on quizzes and exams, and a PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire book.

* A Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/herrick provides extra resources for teachers and students, including a Teacher's Manual, Student Manual, and practice quizzes with answers on all key topics.

* An additional online resource at www.manyworldsoflogic.com offers additional practice quizzes, material for extra-credit assignments, and further information on the nature and history of logic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199890491
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	732
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Herrick received his Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Washington. Since 1983 he has taught philosophy at Shoreline Community College in Washington, near Seattle. He is the author of The Many Worlds of Logic, Second Edition (OUP, 2002) and Reason and Worldview: An Introduction to Western Philosophy (1999).

Table of Contents

, To the Instructor, To the Student, AcknowledgmentsUnit One: The Fundamental Concepts of Logic1. What Is Logic? 2. Let's Have an Argument!3. The Two Basic Types of Argument4. How to Evaluate a Deductive Argument5. How to Evaluate an Inductive Argument6. Logical Relations and Concluding MattersUnit Two: Categorical Logic7. Logic Takes Form: Categorical Logic Version 1.08. The Categorical Syllogism9. Categorical Logic Version 2.0: Boole, Venn, and the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Categorical LogicUnit Three: Truth-Functional Logic10. Think Like a Stoic!: Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.011. Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.1: Stoic Logic Takes Form12. Truth-Functional Logic Version 2.0: The Invention of Formal Languages in the Nineteenth Century13. From English to TL: Techniques for Great Translations14. Truth-Table Analysis Part 1: Truth Tables for the Operators15. Truth-Table Analysis Part 2: Testing Sentences for Logical Status16. Truth-Table Analysis Part 3: Testing Arguments for Validity17. Truth-Table Analysis Part 4: Relations18. Modern Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 1: The First Four Rules19. Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 2: Four More Inference Rules20. Truth-Functional Deduction Part 3: Replacement Rules21. Truth-Functional Deduction Part 4: Indirect and Conditional Proof22. Premise-Free ProofsInterlude: Philosophy of LogicUnit Four: Predicate Logic23. Predicate Logic Version 1.1: Frege Unites Categorical and Stoic Logic24. Predicate Logic Version 1.2: It's All About Relationships25. Predicate Logic Version 1.3: To Be or Not to Be: The Logic of Identity26. Natural Deduction Proofs with Monadic Predicates27. A Semantical Theory for Predicate Logic28. Conditional and Indirect Predicate Proofs29. Proofs with Overlapping Quantifiers30. The Summit: Predicate Logic with IdentityUnit Five: Informal and Inductive Logic31. The Art of Definition32. The Informal Fallacies33. The Varieties of Inductive Reasoning34. Elementary Probability TheoryUnit Six: Modal Logic35. Elementary Modal LogicAppendicesA. Classical Indian LogicB. Metalogic: The Logic of LogicC. Godel's Theorem: The Power of Logic RevealedD. Logic and Computers: How an Idea in Logic Led to the Digital Computer and Transformed the World, Answers to Selected Exercises, Index

Editorial Reviews

"The greatest virtue of Herrick's text is its accessibility. Still more unique, and of arguably equal value, is the placing of significant concepts in a historical context. The lower price of this text is also a HUGE selling point in its favor."—Andrew V. Jeffery, Green River Community College and Pierce College

"Herrick is a very clear and articulate writer, with really humorous and entertaining examples. I find much of his writing to be clearer and more succinct than that of his competitors."—Brian Glenny, Gordon College

"The sidebars into the history of philosophy and application of logic to real life issues give students a variety of content that helps them relate to the material. Herrick's writing style is conversational and engaging. This is important for a logic book as logic easily becomes impersonal and disengaging. Herrick does well when appealing to commonsense views in order to explain difficult concepts."—Peter Westmoreland, University of Florida

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