Elementary Logic. Revised edition.

QUINE, Willard Van Orman.

Published by New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1965

About this Item

First revised edition, presentation copy from the author to his elder brother Robert Cloyd Quine and his wife Rosalie, inscribed on the front free endpaper "a little logic for Rosalie & Bob with love from Van". Quine wrote Elementary Logic while teaching an introductory course in the subject in 1940, and discovering that current texts in the subject did not do justice to either quantification theory or first-order logic. First published in 1941, it was used as a standard textbook in the subject for many decades. "This edition, appearing after twenty-four years, is much revised. Fully a third is new. There is some change of notation, much updating of terminology, and a nearly complete turnover in crucial techniques of testing and proving" (author's preface to the revised edition). Octavo. Original wrappers. Very light shelfwear, still a near-fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 150059

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elementary Logic. Revised edition.
• Publisher: New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1965
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)