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Bringing elementary logic out of the academic darkness into the light of day, Paul Tomassi makes logic fully accessible for anyone attempting to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. Including student-friendly exercises, illustrations, summaries and a glossary of terms, Logic introduces and explains:* The Theory of Validity* The Language of Propositional Logic* Proof-Theory for Propositional Logic* Formal Semantics for Propositional Logic including the Truth-Tree Method* The Language of Quantificational Logic including the Th

Title Jean Epstein : corporeal cinema and film philosophy / Christophe Wall-Romana.
Publisher Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press
Creation Date 2016
Notes Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
In English.
Content Cover
Logic
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: How to Think Allloygic
I Validity and Soundness
II Deduction and Induction
III The Hardness of the Logical 'Must'
IV Formal Logic and Formal Validity
V Identifying Logical Forma
VI Invalidity
VII The Value of Formal Logic
VIII A Brief Note on the History of Formal Logic
Exercise 1.1
Chapter Two: How to Prove That You Can Argue Logically #1
I A Formal Language for Formal Logic
II The Formal Language PL
Exercise 2.1
III Arguments and Sequents
Exercise 2.2
IV Proof and the Rules of Natural DeductionV Defining: 'Proof-In-PL'
Exercise 2.3
VI Conditionals 1: MP
Exercise 2.4
VII Conditionals 2: CP
Exercise 2.5
VIII Augmentation: Conditional Proof for Exam Purposes
IX Theorems
Exercise 2.6
X The Biconditional
Exercise 2.7
XI Entailment and Material Implication
Chapter Three: How to Prove That You Can Argue Logically #2
I Conditionals Again
Exercise 3.1
II Conditionals, Negation and Double Negation
Exercise 3.2
III Introducing Disjunction
Exercise 3.3
IV Elimination
Exercise 3.4
V More on Velimination
Exercise 3.5
Exercise 3.6
VI Arguing Logically for Exam Purposes: How to Construct Formal ProofsExercise 3.7
Exercise 3.8
VII Reductio Ad Absurdum
Exercise 3.9
VIII The Golden Rule Completed
Revision Exercise I
Revision Exercise Ii
Revision Exercise Iii
Revision Exercise Iv
IX A Final Note on Rules of Inference for PL
Exercise 3.10
X Defining 'Formula of PL': Syntax, Structure and Recursive Definition
Examination 1 in Formal Logic
Chapter Four: Formal Logic and Formal Semantics #1
I Syntax and Semantics
II The Principle of Bivalence
Iii Truth-Functionality
IV Truth-Functions, Truth-Tables and the Logical ConnectivesV Constructing Truth-Tables
Exercise 4.1
VI Tautologous, Inconsistent and Contingent Formulas in PL
Exercise 4.2
VII Semantic Consequence
Guide to Further Reading
Exercise 4.3
VIII Truth-Tables Again: Four Alternative Ways to Test for Validity
Exercise 4.4
IX Semantic Equivalence
Exercise 4.5
X Truth-Trees
Exercise 4.6
XI More on Truth-Trees
Exercise 4.7
XII The Adequacy of the Logical Connectives
Exercise 4.8
Examination 2 in Formal Logic
Chapter Five: An Introduction to First Order Predicate Logic
I Logical Form Revisited: The Formal Language QLExercise 5.1
II More on the Formulas of QL
Exercise 5.2
III The Universal Quantifier and the Existential Quantifier
IV Introducing the Notion of a QL Interpretation
Exercise 5.3
V Valid and Invalid Sequents of QL
Exercise 5.4
VI Negation and the Interdefinability of the Quantifiers
Exercise 5.5
VII How to Think Logically About Relationships: Part One
Exercise 5.6
VIII How to Think Logically About Relationships: Part Two
IX How to Think Logically About Relationships: Part Three
X How to Think Logically About Relationships: Part Four
Exercise 5.7
Extent 1 online resource (428 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708264305171
MARC RECORDS

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