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Symbolic logic / Dale Jacquette.

By: Jacquette, Dale.
Publisher: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2001Description: xix, 488 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0534537308.Subject(s): Logic, Symbolic and mathematicalDDC classification: 160
Contents:
Preface. - Introduction. - Pt. 1. Concepts of Logic. Ch. 1. Propositions and Arguments. - Pt. 2. Propositional Logic. Ch. 2. Propositional Syntax and Semantics. Ch. 3. Truth Tables. Ch. 4. Truth Trees. Ch. 5. Propositional Natural Deduction Proofs. - Pt. 3. Predicate Logic. Ch. 6. Predicate Syntax and Semantics. Ch. 7. Predicate Truth Trees. Ch. 8. Predicate Natural Deduction Proofs. - Advanced Topics in Symbolic Logic. - Peference List of Demonstration Problems. - Sources and Selected Readings. - Glossary. - Index.
Summary: "Praised by reviewers, Dale Jacquette's Symbolic Logic offers introductory students a clarity and brevity that also retains the preciseness important to a solid grasp of logic. With careful, detailed explanations of logical techniques accompanied by a large selection of progressively challenging exercises, the author offers a rigorous treatment that also shows readers symbolic logic's many practical applications to everyday thought and language." - Back cover
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Preface. - Introduction. - Pt. 1. Concepts of Logic. Ch. 1. Propositions and Arguments. - Pt. 2. Propositional Logic. Ch. 2. Propositional Syntax and Semantics. Ch. 3. Truth Tables. Ch. 4. Truth Trees. Ch. 5. Propositional Natural Deduction Proofs. - Pt. 3. Predicate Logic. Ch. 6. Predicate Syntax and Semantics. Ch. 7. Predicate Truth Trees. Ch. 8. Predicate Natural Deduction Proofs. - Advanced Topics in Symbolic Logic. - Peference List of Demonstration Problems. - Sources and Selected Readings. - Glossary. - Index.

"Praised by reviewers, Dale Jacquette's Symbolic Logic offers introductory students a clarity and brevity that also retains the preciseness important to a solid grasp of logic. With careful, detailed explanations of logical techniques accompanied by a large selection of progressively challenging exercises, the author offers a rigorous treatment that also shows readers symbolic logic's many practical applications to everyday thought and language." - Back cover

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