A Concise Introduction to Logic (with LogicCoach III CD-ROM)

by Hurley, Patrick J.

• ISBN13: 9780534520069
• ISBN10: 0534520065
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-11
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This text is appropriate for Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning, Advanced Logic, and informal Logic courses.

Acclaimed in all six prior editions for being clear, concise, and comprehensive, Hurley's A Concise Introduction to Logic covers all of the standard topics for any Introductory Logic course in neatly-packaged learning units. Known for its concise, direct style that emphasizes clarity, this market-leading text avoids the peculiar quirks, technicalities, and wordiness of other logic texts. Integrated technology such as a CD-ROM, Web-based material, and InfoTrac "RM" College Edition make for a complete teaching and learning system.

Table of Contents

Basic Concepts	p. 1
Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions	p. 1
Recognizing Arguments	p. 14
Deduction and Induction	p. 33
Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency	p. 43
Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity	p. 55
Extended Arguments	p. 63
Language: Meaning and Definition	p. 76
Varieties of Meaning	p. 76
The Intension and Extension of Terms	p. 87
Definitions and Their Purposes	p. 92
Definitional Techniques	p. 100
Criteria for Lexical Definitions	p. 110
Informal Fallacies	p. 118
Fallacies in General	p. 118
Fallacies of Relevance	p. 121
Fallacies of Weak Induction	p. 138
Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy	p. 155
Fallacies in Ordinary Language	p. 180
Categorical Propositions	p. 199
The Components of Categorical Propositions	p. 199
Quality, Quantity, and Distribution	p. 202
Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition	p. 207
Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition	p. 215
The Traditional Square of Opposition	p. 225
Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint	p. 234
Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form	p. 241
Categorical Syllogism	p. 253
Standard Form, Mood, and Figure	p. 253
Venn Diagrams	p. 261
Rules and Fallacies	p. 274
Reducing the Number of Terms	p. 282
Ordinary Language Arguments	p. 285
Enthymemes	p. 289
Sorites	p. 294
Propositional Logic	p. 301
Symbols and Translation	p. 301
Truth Functions	p. 313
Truth Tables for Propositions	p. 325
Truth Tables for Arguments	p. 334
Indirect Truth Tables	p. 338
Argument Forms and Fallacies	p. 345
Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic	p. 364
Rules of Implication I	p. 364
Rules of Implication II	p. 374
Rules of Replacement I	p. 384
Rules of Replacement II	p. 395
Conditional Proof	p. 405
Indirect Proof	p. 410
Proving Logical Truths	p. 416
Predicate Logic	p. 420
Symbols and Translation	p. 420
Using the Rules of Inference	p. 430
Change of Quantifier Rules	p. 441
Conditional and Indirect Proof	p. 445
Proving Invalidity	p. 451
Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers	p. 458
Identity	p. 470
Induction	p. 485
Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning	p. 485
Causality and Mill's Methods	p. 505
Probability	p. 529
Statistical Reasoning	p. 545
Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning	p. 567
Science and Superstition	p. 588
Answers to Selected Exercises	p. 618
Glossary/Index	p. 677
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