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9780534145149

A Concise Introduction to Logic

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    9780534145149

  • ISBN10:

    0534145140

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-11-02
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Unsurpassed for its clarity, conciseness, and comprehensiveness, Hurley's market-leading A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC has established itself as the standard for introductory logic classes. Hailed in the first eight editions for an unwavering commitment to lucid, focused, reader-friendly presentations of logic's basic topics, the latest edition also continues to expand upon Hurley's tradition of technological excellence with the introduction of vMentor and iLrn Logic. These two technologies help you manage the workload of teaching logic by providing your students with a live, online logic tutoring service and you with an online system that automates homework and test grading. In addition, Hurley's outstanding LEARNING LOGIC?an interactive, audio-visual recasting of the entire text?remains a free supplement with each copy of the text. Rounded out with a Book Companion Website that features student quizzing and interactive tutorials on Venn diagrams and truth tables, Hurley's A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC, Ninth Edition is not only the most logically sound choice that a professor could make for his or her logic course, but the most "technologically" sound choice as well.

Table of Contents

Basic Conceptsp. 1
Arguments, Premises, and Conclusionsp. 1
Recognizing Argumentsp. 13
Deduction and Inductionp. 31
Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogencyp. 41
Argument Forms: Proving Invalidityp. 52
Extended Argumentsp. 59
Language: Meaning and Definitionp. 72
Varieties of Meaningp. 72
The Intension and Extension of Termsp. 82
Definitions and Their Purposesp. 87
Definitional Techniquesp. 94
Criteria for Lexical Definitionsp. 104
Informal Fallaciesp. 111
Fallacies in Generalp. 111
Fallacies of Relevancep. 114
Fallacies of Weak Inductionp. 130
Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogyp. 147
Fallacies in Ordinary Languagep. 170
Categorical Propositionsp. 188
The Components of Categorical Propositionsp. 188
Quality, Quantity, and Distributionp. 190
Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Oppositionp. 195
Conversion, Obversion, and Contrapositionp. 204
The Traditional Square of Oppositionp. 214
Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpointp. 224
Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Formp. 230
Categorical Syllogismsp. 242
Standard Form, Mood, and Figurep. 242
Venn Diagramsp. 249
Rules and Fallaciesp. 261
Reducing the Number of Termsp. 269
Ordinary Language Argumentsp. 272
Enthymemesp. 275
Soritesp. 280
Propositional Logicp. 287
Symbols and Translationp. 287
Truth Functionsp. 298
Truth Tables for Propositionsp. 310
Truth Tables for Argumentsp. 319
Indirect Truth Tablesp. 324
Argument Forms and Fallaciesp. 330
Natural Deduction in Propositional Logicp. 348
Rules of Implication Ip. 348
Rules of Implication IIp. 359
Rules of Replacement Ip. 369
Rules of Replacement IIp. 380
Conditional Proofp. 390
Indirect Proofp. 395
Proving Logical Truthsp. 401
Predicate Logicp. 405
Symbols and Translationp. 405
Using the Rules of Inferencep. 414
Change of Quantifier Rulep. 425
Conditional and Indirect Proofp. 429
Proving Invalidityp. 435
Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiersp. 441
Identityp. 453
Inductionp. 468
Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoningp. 468
Causality and Mill's Methodsp. 487
Probabilityp. 508
Statistical Reasoningp. 525
Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoningp. 544
Science and Superstitionp. 564
Answers to Selected Exercisesp. 592
Glossary/Indexp. 654
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