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Introduction to logic and critical thinking / Merrilee H. Salmon.

By: Salmon, Merrilee H.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007Edition: 5th ed.Description: xv, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0534626637 (pbk.); 9780534626631 (pbk.).Subject(s): Logic | ReasoningDDC classification: 160
Contents:
Introduction to arguments -- Paying special attention to the language of arguments -- Deductive arguments, inductive arguments, and fallacies -- A closer look at inductive arguments -- Causal arguments -- Probilities and inductive logic -- Confirmation of hypotheses -- Deductive reasoning, sentential logic -- Categorical syllogisms -- Arguments in which validity depends on relationships -- Proof method for truth-functional logic -- Index of fallacies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-433) and index.

Introduction to arguments -- Paying special attention to the language of arguments -- Deductive arguments, inductive arguments, and fallacies -- A closer look at inductive arguments -- Causal arguments -- Probilities and inductive logic -- Confirmation of hypotheses -- Deductive reasoning, sentential logic -- Categorical syllogisms -- Arguments in which validity depends on relationships -- Proof method for truth-functional logic -- Index of fallacies.