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This is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of logic (both formal logic and critical reasoning), with exceptionally clear yet conversational explanations and a multitude of engaging examples and exercises. Herrick's examples are on-point and fun, often bringing in real-life situations and popular culture. And more so than other logic textbooks, Introduction to Logic brings in the history of philosophy and logic through interesting boxes/sidebars and discussions, showinglogic's relation to philosophy. The book is especially suited f... MOREor use in the "Open Course Library," a comprehensive online logic course that is open and free. Jointly funded by the state of Washington and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Logic Course is one of 80 hybrid courses available online at no charge to the more than 400,000 students in the Washington system. The course is also available for logic courses throughout the US and the world. The Logic Course is available online now. Herrick was chosen todevelop the Logic Course for the online Open Course Library. Here is a link for information on the Open Library Course Logic Course: The most affordable logic text available, Introduction to Logic is offered in both paperback and eBook formats and is ideal for any introduction to logic course.Ancillaries: An Instructor's Manual features a brief summary of each chapter of the text, answers to all the questions in the text, additional questions and exercises for instructors to use on quizzes and exams, and a PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire book. The Instructor's Manual is available on CD or online at www.oup.com/us/herrick. Also online at www.oup.com/us/herrick, students will find self-quizzes with a limited number of questions taken from the test bank. As part of the Open CourseLibrary, instructors and students can access the entire online logic course, which features 115 video demonstrations that follow the book chapter-by-chapter, over 20 detailed PowerPoint presentations covering the most technical parts of the course, and over 40 online lectures featuring a self-testwith answers for each chapter. Additionally, Herrick's website, www.manyworldsoflogic.com, exists as a general online resource for teachers and students of logic and features extra credit assignments and further study materials.Message: Untangling the complexities of logical theory using clear explanations and many examples drawn right out of everyday life

With clear explanations and many contemporary examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life, author Paul Herrick untangles the complexities of logical theory in Introduction to Logic. Offering a unique combination of two approaches--the historical and the technical--he presents logic as both a fascinating, evolving story and a body of essential technical information with applications to every area of human thought.

Perfectly suited for use in any introductory logic course, Introduction to Logic is also tailored to the online logic course Philosophy 106, available as part of the Open Course Library at www.opencourselibrary.org. Jointly sponsored by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Course Library offers instructors complete, expertly developed online courses in eighty essential college subjects--including the logic class developed by Paul Herrick and his colleague Mark Storey--all available to faculty at no charge.

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* An Instructor's Resource CD (978-0-19-989052-1) contains brief chapter summaries, answers to all of the questions in the text, additional questions and exercises to use on quizzes and exams, and a PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire book.

* A Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/herrick provides extra resources for teachers and students, including a Teacher's Manual, Student Manual, and practice quizzes with answers on all key topics.

* An additional online resource at www.manyworldsoflogic.com offers additional practice quizzes, material for extra-credit assignments, and further information on the nature and history of logic.

The text is also available as a CourseSmart Ebook (978-0-19-989050-7) at www.coursesmart.com. Please contact your Oxford University Press Sales Representative at 800.280.0280 for more information.

To the Instructor	p. vi
To the Student	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
The Fundamental Concepts of Logic	p. 1
What Is Logic?	p. 3
Let's Have an Argument!	p. 13
The Two Basic Types of Argument	p. 42
How to Evaluate a Deductive Argument	p. 58
How to Evaluate an Inductive Argument	p. 76
Logical Relations and Conclud... MOREing Matters	p. 85
Categorical Logic	p. 101
Logic Takes Form Categorical Logic Version 1.0	p. 103
The Categorical Syllogism	p. 141
Categorical Logic Version 2.0 Boole, Venn, and the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Categorical Logic	p. 169
Truth-Functional Logic	p. 211
Think Like a Stoic! Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.0	p. 213
Truth-Functional Logic Version 1.1 Stoic Logic Takes Form	p. 232
Truth-Functional Logic Version 2.0 The Invention of Formal Languages in the Nineteenth Century	p. 249
From English to TL: Techniques for Great Translations	p. 268
Truth-Table Analysis Part 1 Truth Tables for the Operators	p. 289
Truth-Table Analysis Part 2 Testing Sentences for Logical Status	p. 301
Truth-Table Analysis Part 3 Testing Arguments for Validity	p. 319
Truth-Table Analysis Part 4 Relations	p. 340
Modern Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 1 The First Four Rules	p. 345
Truth-Functional Natural Deduction Part 2 Four More Inference Rules	p. 379
Truth-Functional Deduction Part 3 Replacement Rules	p. 397
Truth-Functional Deduction Part 4 Indirect and Conditional Proof	p. 427
Premise-Free Proofs	p. 446
Interlude: Philosophy of Logic	p. 451
Predicate Logic	p. 467
Predicate Logic Version 1.1 Frege Unites Categorical and Stoic Logic	p. 469
Predicate Logic Version 1.2 It's All About Relationships	p. 506
Predicate Logic Version 1.3 To Be or Not to Be: The Logic of Identity	p. 523
Natural Deduction Proofs with Monadic Predicates	p. 533
A Semantical Theory for Predicate Logic	p. 556
Conditional and Indirect Predicate Proofs	p. 569
Proofs with Overlapping Quantifiers	p. 579
The Summit: Predicate Logic with Identity	p. 586
Informal and Inductive Logic	p. 597
The Art of Definition	p. 599
The Informal Fallacies	p. 611
The Varieties of Inductive Reasoning	p. 636
Elementary Probability Theory	p. 675
Modal Logic	p. 689
Elementary Modal Logic	p. 691
Appendices
Classical Indian Logic	p. A-l
Metalogic: The Logic of Logic	p. A-19
GQdel's Theorem: The Power of Logic Revealed	p. A-24
Logic and Computers: How an Idea in Logic Led to the Digital Computer and Transformed the World	p. A-28
Answers to Selected Exercises E-p1
Index	p. 1-1
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Paul Herrick received his Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Washington. Since 1983 he has taught philosophy at Shoreline Community College in Washington, near Seattle. He is the author of The Many Worlds of Logic, Second Edition (OUP, 2002) and Reason and Worldview: An Introduction to Western Philosophy (1999).

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