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A Concise Introduction to Logic (Non-InfoTrac Version with CD-ROM)

by: Hurley, Patrick J.

A Concise Introduction to Logic (Non-InfoTrac Version with CD-ROM)

by: Hurley, Patrick J.

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9780534584917
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0534584918
Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/01/2002
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Basic Concepts

(71)

Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions

(12)

Recognizing Arguments

(18)

Deduction and Induction

(10)

Validity, Truth, Soundness, Strength, Cogency

(11)

Argument Forms: Proving Invalidity

(7)

Extended Arguments

(13)

Language: Meaning and Definition

(39)

Varieties of Meaning

(10)

The Intension and Extension of Terms

(5)

Definitions and Their Purposes

(7)

Definitional Techniques

(10)

Criteria for Lexical Definitions

104

(7)

Informal Fallacies

111

(77)

Fallacies in General

111

(3)

Fallacies of Relevance

114

(16)

Fallacies of Weak Induction

130

(17)

Fallacies of Presumption, Ambiguity, and Grammatical Analogy

147

(23)

Fallacies in Ordinary Language

170

(18)

Categorical Propositions

188

(54)

The Components of Categorical Propositions

188

(2)

Quality, Quantity, and Distribution

190

(5)

Venn Diagrams and the Modern Square of Opposition

195

(9)

Conversion, Obversion, and Contraposition

204

(10)

The Traditional Square of Opposition

214

(10)

Venn Diagrams and the Traditional Standpoint

224

(6)

Translating Ordinary Language Statements into Categorical Form

230

(12)

Categorical Syllogisms

242

(45)

Standard Form, Mood, and Figure

242

(7)

Venn Diagrams

249

(12)

Rules and Fallacies

261

(8)

Reducing the Number of Terms

269

(3)

Ordinary Language Arguments

272

(3)

Enthymemes

275

(5)

Sorites

280

(7)

Propositional Logic

287

(61)

Symbols and Translation

287

(11)

Truth Functions

298

(12)

Truth Tables for Propositions

310

(9)

Truth Tables for Arguments

319

(5)

Indirect Truth Tables

324

(6)

Argument Forms and Fallacies

330

(18)

Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic

348

(57)

Rules of Implication I

348

(11)

Rules of Implication II

359

(10)

Rules of Replacement I

369

(11)

Rules of Replacement II

380

(10)

Conditional Proof

390

(5)

Indirect Proof

395

(6)

Proving Logical Truths

401

(4)

Predicate Logic

405

(63)

Symbols and Translation

405

(9)

Using the Rules of Inference

414

(11)

Change of Quantifier Rule

425

(4)

Conditional and Indirect Proof

429

(6)

Proving Invalidity

435

(6)

Relational Predicates and Overlapping Quantifiers

441

(12)

Identity

453

(15)

Induction

468

(124)

Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning

468

(19)

Causality and Mill's Methods

487

(21)

Probability

508

(17)

Statistical Reasoning

525

(19)

Hypothetical/Scientific Reasoning

544

(20)

Science and Superstition

564

(28)

Answers to Selected Exercises

592

(62)

Glossary/Index

654

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