{"product_id":"logic-works-a-rigorous-introduction-to-formal-logic-paperback","title":"Logic Works: A Rigorous Introduction to Formal Logic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorne Falkenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott Stapleford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMolly Kao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLogic Works\u003c\/em\u003e is a critical and extensive introduction to logic. It asks questions about why systems of logic are as they are, how they relate to ordinary language and ordinary reasoning, and what alternatives there might be to classical logical doctrines.　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book covers classical first-order logic and alternatives, including intuitionistic, free, and many-valued logic. It also considers how logical analysis can be applied to carefully represent the reasoning employed in academic and scientific work, better understand that reasoning, and identify its hidden premises. Aiming to be as much a reference work and handbook for further, independent study as a course text, it covers more material than is typically covered in an introductory course. It also covers this material at greater length and in more depth with the purpose of making it accessible to those with no prior training in logic or formal systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline support material includes a detailed student solutions manual with a running commentary on all starred exercises, and a set of editable slide presentations for course lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Features\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces an unusually broad range of topics, allowing instructors to craft courses to meet a range of various objectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdopts a critical attitude to certain classical doctrines, exposing students to alternative ways to answer philosophical questions about logic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully considers the ways natural language both resists and lends itself to formalization \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakes objectual semantics for quantified logic easy, with an incremental, rule-governed approach assisted by numerous simple exercises\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakes important metatheoretical results accessible to introductory students through a discursive presentation of those results and by using simple case studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLorne Falkenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus at Western University in London, Canada, where he taught symbolic logic for many years. He has published on treatments of spatial representation, temporal awareness, and visual perception in the work of a number of 17th and 18th century philosophers, and continues to do work in that area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Stapleford is Professor of Philosophy at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKant's Transcendental Arguments: Disciplining Pure Reason\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), coauthor (with Tyron Goldschmidt) of \u003ci\u003eBerkeley's Principles: Expanded and Explained\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eHume's Enquiry: Expanded and Explained\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021), coeditor (with Kevin McCain) of \u003ci\u003eEpistemic Duties: New Arguments, New Angles\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2020), and coeditor (with Kevin McCain and Matthias Steup) of \u003ci\u003eEpistemic Dilemmas: New Arguments, New Angles\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolly Kao is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montreal, in Montreal, Canada. Her primary area of research is philosophy of science, having worked on issues in the development of quantum theory as well as methodological questions involving unification and confirmation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 646\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 11 x 8.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099871252615,"sku":"9780367460297","price":119.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/55566115ccc4e9a48037180f9de69c6d.webp?v=1732378551","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/logic-works-a-rigorous-introduction-to-formal-logic-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}