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Logic Inquiry, Argument, and Order

by: Pratt, Scott L.

Logic Inquiry, Argument, and Order

by: Pratt, Scott L.

ISBN 13: 9780470373767
ISBN 10: 0470373768
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/03/2014
Publisher: Wiley

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Focusing on a broad approach to the issues of logic in their relation to inquiry, argument, and principles of order, Logic introduces the philosophy of logic, the traditional theory of the syllogism, induction, and probability, and propositional and predicate logic. Framing the study of logic in terms of problems connected to wider issues of epistemic, political, and moral concerns that emerge in the context of racial, cultural, and religious diversity, the text will appeal to upper undergraduate and beginning graduate students as well as philosophical thinkers and readers.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Significance of Logic	p. 1
The Problem of Abstraction	p. 2
The Problem of Dualism	p. 5
The Problem of Incommensurability	p. 8
The Problem of Boundaries	p. 11
Examples for Discussion	p. 15
Premises and Conclusions	p. 19
Exercises	p. 23
What is Logic?	p. 31
The Study of Logic	p. 31
The Concepts of Truth and Inference	p. 35
The Process of Inquiry	p. 40
Exercises	p. 48
Argument as Inquiry	p. 52
Exercises	p. 57
Communicative Action	p. 61
Strategic and Communicative Action	p. 61
Exercises	p. 64
Lifeworlds	p. 68
Exercises	p. 71
Validity	p. 72
Fallacies	p. 75
Exercises	p. 85
Theory of the Syllogism	p. 91
Nominalism, Realism, and Abduction	p. 91
The Theory of the Syllogism	p. 97
Standard Form Propositions	p. 98
Exercises	p. 105
Direct Inference	p. 106
Exercises	p. 111
The Validity of Syllogisms	p. 112
Exercises	p. 120
Induction and the Limits of Reason	p. 123
Limits of the Syllogism	p. 123
The Principles of Induction	p. 129
Analogical Arguments	p. 139
Exercises	p. 143
Causal Arguments	p. 145
Exercises	p. 148
Probability	p. 151
Exercises	p. 160
Principles of Order and Deduction	p. 165
Introduction	p. 165
Modes of Action	p. 167
Principles of Order	p. 171
Logic and the Act of Judgment	p. 174
Deduction: The Logic of Assertions	p. 178
Graphical Proofs of Validity	p. 190
Exercises	p. 194
An Overview of Quantified Logic	p. 197
Introduction	p. 197
Representing Relations	p. 202
The Meaning of Quantifiers	p. 205
Exercises	p. 207
Rules of Quantificational Logic	p. 208
Exercises	p. 210
The Validity of Syllogisms	p. 211
Graphical Proofs of Validity	p. 214
Exercises	p. 217
Border Agents and the Problems of Logic	p. 218
Solutions	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 255
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