Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics.
- An innovative introduction to the field of logic designed to entertain as it informs
- Integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics
- Addresses contemporary applications of logic in fields such as computer science and linguistics
- A web-site (www.wiley.com/go/henle) linked to the text features numerous supplemental exercises and examples, enlightening puzzles and cartoons, and insightful essays
Preface xi
What Is Logic? 1
Chapter One 3
1.1 Introducing Formal Logic 4
1.2 Constants and Relations 7
1.3 Quantifiers and Variables 9
1.4 Introducing Informal Logic 11
1.5 Conclusions 13
1.6 Dialects of Logic 15
Chapter Two 18
2.1 Formal Inference 19
2.2 Informal Inference 21
2.3 Diagramming Arguments 25
2.4 Saying No 32
2.5 Metalogic 35
Chapter Three 3l
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