Natural Deduction: An Introduction To Logic With Real Arguments, A Little History and Some Humour: Using Natural Deduction, Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some Humour - Softcover

Richard T.W. Arthur

 
9781554813322: Natural Deduction: An Introduction To Logic With Real Arguments, A Little History and Some Humour: Using Natural Deduction, Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some Humour
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1554813328 ISBN 13: 9781554813322
Publisher: Broadview Press, 2016

Synopsis

In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

A previous edition of this book appeared under the title Natural Deduction. This new edition adds clarifications of the notions of explanation, validity and formal validity, a more detailed discussion of derivation strategies, and another rule of inference, Reiteration.

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About the Author

Richard T.W. Arthur is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, Canada.

From the Back Cover

In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern "informal logic" with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

A previous edition of this book appeared under the title Natural Deduction. This new edition adds clarifications of the notions of explanation, validity and formal validity, a more detailed discussion of derivation strategies, and another rule of inference, Reiteration.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Broadview Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1554813328
ISBN 13 
9781554813322
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
456