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logic, mathematical induction, a deduction theorem for propositional logic, and brief introductions to set theory, modal logic and number theory. The reviewer, Adam Kovach, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University in
This text provides a thorough and responsible introduction to symbolic logic from sentential calculus through first-order predicate logic with identity and its application to specific numbers in arguments.
An Introduction to Formal Logic, based the first-year lecture course I gave for many years, was originally published by Cambridge University Press (2003, 2020). A corrected version of the second edition is now available as a freely downloadable PDF .
Introduction 1 About This Book 2 1. What Is Logic? 3 2. Fallacies 33 3. Introduction to Principles of Inductive Reasoning—Analogy and Causality 77 4. Categorical Logic 103 5. Symbolic Translations 152 6. Truth Tables 181 7. Propositional Logic 212 8. Advanced Propositional Logic 254 . Introduction. Introduction. Introduction. About This Book
An Introduction to Formal Logic was originally published by Cambridge University Press (1st edition 2003; 2nd edition 2020). It began life as lecture notes for a course for first-year philosophers which I taught for many years.
Formal logic is of course a central sub-discipline of philosophy, where the logical relationship of assumptions to conclusions reached from them is important. Philosophers investigate the consequences of definitions and assumptions and evaluate these definitions and assumptions on the basis of their consequences. It is also important
About this Book This book is an introduction to metalogic, aimed especially at students of computer science and philosophy. “Metalogic” is so-called because it is the discipline that studies logic itself. Logic proper is concerned with canons of valid inference, and its sym-bolic or formal version presents these canons using formal lan-
