The Logic Manual

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958783-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

The Logic Manual is a clear and concise introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a complete introductory course, guiding the reader carefully through the topics in logic that are most important for the study of philosophy. It covers propositional and predicate logic with and without identity. It includes an account of the semantics of these languages including definitions of truth and satisfaction. Natural deduction is used as a
proof system. Volker Halbach introduces the essential concepts through examples and informal explanations as well as through abstract definitions.

The Logic Manual provides the best entry to the general abstract way of thinking about language, logic, and semantics which is characteristic of contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halbach, Volker (University of Oxford)

Halbach, Volker

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Sets, Relations, and Arguments
2: Syntax and Semantics of Propositional Logic
3: Formalisation in Propositional Logic
4: The Syntax of Predicate Logic
5: The Semantics of Predicate Logic
6: Natural Deduction
7: Formalisation in Predicate Logic
8: Identity and Definite Descriptions
Natural Deduction Rules

Über Autor(innen)

Volker Halbach is Reader and CUF Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford