书名: Logic With Trees: An Introduction to Symbolic Logic
作者: Colin Howson (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (March 25, 1997)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415133424
ISBN-13: 978-0415133425
Book Description
Logic With Trees is a new and original introduction to modern formal logic. It contains discussions on philosophical issues such as truth, conditionals and modal logic, presenting the formal material with clarity, and preferring informal explanations and arguments to intimidatingly rigorous development. Worked examples and exercises guide beginners through the book, with answers to selected exercises enabling readers to check their progress.
Logic With Trees equips students with: a complete and clear account of the truth-tree system for first order logic; the importance of logic and its relevance to many different disciplines; the skills to grasp sophisticated formal reasoning techniques necessary to explore complex metalogic; the ability to contest claims that "ordinary" reasoning is well represented by formal first order logic.
Review
"[Howson's] explanations are admirably clear, and directed to points that students find difficult ... ooks in the middle ground, where one wants to cover non-trivial mathematical results in classical logic, but at a level that does not entirely alienate non-mathematics students, are fairly hard to find ... Howson's book ... fills this slot admirably." -- Graham Priest, University of Queensland
"Howson takes his readers on a fascinating tour of basic symbolic logic propelled with rigor and incisiveness ...[T]his book is a very useful volume ... [T]he author's enthusiasm for his subject matter shines through." -- Teaching Philosophy
About the Author
Colin Howson is Reader in Logic at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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作者: Colin Howson (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (March 25, 1997)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415133424
ISBN-13: 978-0415133425
Book Description
Logic With Trees is a new and original introduction to modern formal logic. It contains discussions on philosophical issues such as truth, conditionals and modal logic, presenting the formal material with clarity, and preferring informal explanations and arguments to intimidatingly rigorous development. Worked examples and exercises guide beginners through the book, with answers to selected exercises enabling readers to check their progress.
Logic With Trees equips students with: a complete and clear account of the truth-tree system for first order logic; the importance of logic and its relevance to many different disciplines; the skills to grasp sophisticated formal reasoning techniques necessary to explore complex metalogic; the ability to contest claims that "ordinary" reasoning is well represented by formal first order logic.
Review
"[Howson's] explanations are admirably clear, and directed to points that students find difficult ... ooks in the middle ground, where one wants to cover non-trivial mathematical results in classical logic, but at a level that does not entirely alienate non-mathematics students, are fairly hard to find ... Howson's book ... fills this slot admirably." -- Graham Priest, University of Queensland
"Howson takes his readers on a fascinating tour of basic symbolic logic propelled with rigor and incisiveness ...[T]his book is a very useful volume ... [T]he author's enthusiasm for his subject matter shines through." -- Teaching Philosophy
About the Author
Colin Howson is Reader in Logic at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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