Introductory Logic (Student Edition): The Fundamentals of Thinking Well / Edition 5

by Canon Press

Overview

Studying formal logic can be intimidating without the right help, but knowing how to think logically isn't just for "experts." Logic should be your secret weapon. It's the tool for learning how to use other tools. It's the bones that give a clenched fist its structure (and knuckles). With that in mind, we have painstakingly designed Introductory Logic for everyday students, teachers, and parents who've never tackled syllogisms or fallacies before, but who know just how important learning logic is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591281658
Publisher:	Canon Press
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Canon Logic
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction

UNIT ONE: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Lesson 1: The Purposes and Types of Definitions

Exercise 1

Lesson 2: Genus and Species

Exercise 2

Lesson 3: Extension and Intension

Exercise 3

Lesson 4: Methods of Defining

Exercise 4

Lesson 5: Rules for Defining by Genus and Difference

Exercise 5

Unit 1 Review Questions

Unit 1 Review Exercises

UNIT TWO: STATEMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

Lesson 6: Statements

Exercise 6

Lesson 7: Self-Supporting Statements

Exercise 7

Lesson 8: Supported Statements

Exercise 8

Lesson 9: Relationships between Statements

Exercise 9

Lesson 10: Consistency and Disagreement

Exercise 10

Lesson 11: The One Basic Verb

Exercise 11

Lesson 12: Standard Categorical Statements

Exercise 12

Lesson 13: The Square of Opposition

Lesson 14: Contradiction

Exercise 13

Exercise 14

Lesson 15: Contrariety

Lesson 16: Subcontrariety

Exercise 15

Lesson 17: Subimplication

Lesson 18: Superimplication

Exercise 16

Exercise 17

Unit 2 Review Questions

Unit 2 Review Exercises

UNIT THREE: SYLLOGISMS AND VALIDITY

Lesson 19: Arguments

Exercise 18

Lesson 20: The Syllogism

Exercise 19

Lesson 21: The Mood of Syllogisms

Lesson 22: The Figure of Syllogisms

Exercise 20

Exercise 21

Lesson 23: Truth and Validity

Lesson 24: Testing Syllogisms by Counterexample

Exercise 22

Lesson 25: Distributed Terms

Exercise 23

Lesson 26: Testing Syllogisms by Rules

Exercise 24

Exercise 25

Unit 3 Review Questions

Unit 3 Review Exercises

UNIT FOUR: ARGUMENTS IN NORMAL ENGLISH

Lesson 27: Immediate Inferences

Exercise 26

Exercise 27

Lesson 28: Translating Ordinary Statements

Exercise 28

Lesson 29: Translating Inclusive and Exclusive Statements

Exercise 29

Exercise 30

Lesson 30: Enthymemes

Exercise 31

Exercise 32

Lesson 31: Hypothetical Syllogisms

Exercise 33

Exercise 34

Lesson 32: Establishing Conclusions

Exercise 35

Unit 4 Review Questions

Unit 4 Review Exercises

UNIT FIVE: INFORMAL FALLACIES

Lesson 33: Fallacies of Distraction

Exercise 36

Lesson 34: Fallacies of Ambiguity

Exercise 37

Lesson 35: Fallacies of Form.

Exercise 38

Lesson 36: Detecting Fallacies

Exercise 39

Unit 5 Review Questions

Unit 5 Review Exercises

APPENDICES

Appendix A: The Square of Opposition

Appendix B: The 256 Forms of Syllogisms