A Concise Introduction to Logic
eBook - PDF

A Concise Introduction to Logic

  1. 658 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Concise Introduction to Logic

About this book

Over a million students have learned to be more discerning at constructing and evaluating arguments with the help of Hurley's A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC. The text's clear, student-friendly and thorough presentation has made it the most widely used logic text in North America. Studying logic offers multiple benefits. It helps you think through problems in an organized and systematic way. It instills patterns of reasoning that enable you to persuade others as to the correctness of your convictions, and it teaches you how to use language clearly and precisely. Doing well in logic improves your skills in ways that will help in your other courses, everyday life and future career. Additionally, for the 14th edition, the WebAssign online platform provides interactive exercises, online homework solutions, multimedia tutorials, help videos and the complete text in an eBook format.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Brief Contents
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
  8. Chapter 2: Language: Meaning and Definition
  9. Chapter 3: Informal Fallacies
  10. Chapter 4: Categorical Propositions
  11. Chapter 5: Categorical Syllogisms
  12. Chapter 6: Propositional Logic
  13. Chapter 7: Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic
  14. Chapter 8: Predicate Logic
  15. Chapter 9: Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning
  16. Chapter 10: Causality and Mill's Methods
  17. Chapter 11: Probability
  18. Chapter 12: Statistical Reasoning
  19. Chapter 13: Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning
  20. Chapter 14: Science and Superstition
  21. Answers to Selected Exercises
  22. Glossary/Index