An Introduction to Logic

London, New York: Routledge, 2006. — 186 p. — (Fundamentals of Philosophy). — ISBN: 0-203-64537-5The methods of logic are essential to an understanding of philosophy and are crucial in the study of mathematics, computing, linguistics and many other subjects. Introducing the major concepts and techniques involved in the study of logic, this authoritative book explores both formal and philosophical logic, and the ways in which we can achieve good reasoning. Individual chapters include:
Propositions and Arguments
Truth Tables
Trees
Conditionality
Natural Deduction
Predicates, Names and Quantifiers
Definite Descriptions.This exceptionally clear introduction to the subject is ideally suited to students taking introductory courses in logicContents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Propositional logic
Propositions and arguments
Connectives and argument forms
Truth tables
Trees
Vagueness and bivalence
Conditionality
Natural deduction
Predicate logic
Predicates, names and quantifiers
Models for predicate logic
Trees for predicate logic
Identity and functions
Definite descriptions
Some things do not exist
What is a predicate?
What is logic?
Bibliography
Index