An Introduction to Logic - Second Edition: Using Natural Deduction, Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some Humour

The second edition will be available in late Fall 2016.

Richard Arthur's An Introduction to Logic provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. 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. More exercises have also been added, and others have been updated and replaced.

Author: Richard T. W. Arthur
Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
Published: 11/30/2016
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781554813322

About the Author

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

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