ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1966. This is a self-instructional course intended for first-year university students who have not had previous acquaintance with Logic. The book deals with "propositional" logic by the truth-table method, briefly introducing axiomatic procedures, and proceeds to the theory of the syllogism, the logic of one-place predicates, and elementary parts of the logic of many-place predicates. Revision material is provided covering the main parts of the course. The course represents from eight to twenty hours work. depending on the student's speed of work and on whether optional chapters are taken.

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |1 pages

How to use the Book

part 1|1 pages

Logical Relations

chapter 1|7 pages

Statements and Logical Strictness

chapter 2|9 pages

Implication and Equivalence

chapter 3|8 pages

Contradiction and Contrariety

chapter 4|9 pages

Subcontrariety and Indifference

chapter 5|10 pages

Ambiguity and Empty Terms

part 2|1 pages

The Logic of Unanalysed Statements

chapter 6|7 pages

Negation and Conjunction

chapter 7|6 pages

Disjunction

chapter 8|10 pages

Implication and Truth-Tables

chapter 9|9 pages

Tautologies and Material Implication

chapter 10|5 pages

Material Equivalence: Rules of Inference

chapter 11|7 pages

Logic from Axioms

chapter 12|8 pages

Logical Relations by Truth-Table

part 3|1 pages

The Logic of Predicates

chapter 13|12 pages

Syllogisms

chapter 14|7 pages

Existential Presuppositions

chapter 15|13 pages

Predicates and Quantifiers

chapter 16|10 pages

The Elementary Logic of Relations

chapter |9 pages

Revision Chapter 1: Logical Relations