A Concise Introduction to Logic (with CD-ROM)

by Hurley, Patrick J.

• ISBN13: 9780534585051
• ISBN10: 0534585051
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-18
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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

1 Basic Concepts	1	(72)
1.1 Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions	1	(13)
1.2 Recognizing Arguments	14	(17)
1.3 Deduction and Induction	31	(10)
1.4 Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency	41	(11)
1.5 Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity	52	(7)
1.6 Extended Arguments	59	(14)
2 Language: Meaning and Definition	73	(37)
2.1 Varieties of Meaning	73	(9)
2.2 The Intension and Extension of Terms	82	(4)
2.3 Definitions and Their Purposes	86	(8)
2.4 Definitional Techniques	94	(9)
2.5 Criteria for Lexical Definitions	103	(7)
3 Informal Fallacies	110	(74)
3.1 Fallacies in General	110	(3)
3.2 Fallacies of Relevance	113	(15)
3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction	128	(16)
3.4 Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy	144	(23)
3.5 Fallacies in Ordinary Language	167	(17)
4 Categorical Propositions	184	(53)
4.1 The Components of Categorical Propositions	184	(2)
4.2 Quality, Quantity, and Distribution	186	(5)
4.3 Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition	191	(8)
4.4 Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition	199	(10)
4.5 The Traditional Square of Opposition	209	(10)
4.6 Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint	219	(7)
4.7 Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form	226	(11)
5 Categorical Syllogisms	237	(43)
5.1 Standard Form, Mood, and Figure	237	(7)
5.2 Venn Diagrams	244	(12)
5.3 Rules and Fallacies	256	(8)
5.4 Reducing the Number of Terms	264	(2)
5.5 Ordinary Language Arguments	266	(3)
5.6 Enthymemes	269	(5)
5.7 Sorites	274	(6)
6 Propositional Logic	280	(58)
6.1 Symbols and Translation	280	(11)
6.2 Truth Functions	291	(11)
6.3 Truth Tables for Propositions	302	(8)
6.4 Truth Tables for Arguments	310	(4)
6.5 Indirect Truth Tables	314	(6)
6.6 Argument Forms and Fallacies	320	(18)
7 Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic	338	(54)
7.1 Rules of Implication I	338	(11)
7.2 Rules of Implication II	349	(9)
7.3 Rules of Replacement I	358	(10)
7.4 Rules of Replacement II	368	(11)
7.5 Conditional Proof	379	(4)
7.6 Indirect Proof	383	(5)
7.7 Proving Logical Truths	388	(4)
8 Predicate Logic	392	(59)
8.1 Symbols and Translation	392	(9)
8.2 Using the Rules of Inference	401	(10)
8.3 Change of Quantifier Rule	411	(4)
8.4 Conditional and Indirect Proof	415	(5)
8.5 Proving Invalidity	420	(6)
8.6 Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers	426	(11)
8.7 Identity	437	(14)
9 Induction	451	(120)
9.1 Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning	451	(18)
9.2 Causality and Mill's Methods	469	(21)
9.3 Probability	490	(16)
9.4 Statistical Reasoning	506	(19)
9.5 Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning	525	(19)
9.6 Science and Superstition	544	(27)
Appendix: Logic and Standardized Tests	571	(8)
Answers to Selected Exercises	579	(67)
Glossary/Index	646