A Logic Book Fundamentals Of Reasoning 5th Edition Pdf

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Unwavering in its fundamental commitment to today's students and their typical inexperience in rigorous logical analysis, Robert Johnson's A LOGIC BOOK is unparalleled in its ability to make logic simple, if not entertaining. After two chapters on basic concepts-argument, deductive validity, inductive strength, truth of premises-the text presents two different deductive systems, Categorical Logic and Truth-Functional Logic. A chapter on Formal Deduction is then followed by chapters on Inductive Logic and Informal Fallacies.

The book culminates in a clear presentation of a strategy for evaluating lengthy arguments. Filled with timely examples and exercises drawn from popular culture, this book is an invitation to logic for even the most apprehensive students. Logic and Argument. Logic Defined.

Argument Defined. Exercise: Argument Form. Diagraming Arguments. Exercise: Diagraming Arguments.

Supplying Missing Parts: Enthymemes. Exercise: Enthymemes: Missing Premises and Conclusions. Recognizing Real Arguments.

Interpretation and the Principle of Charity. Exercise: Recognizing Real Arguments. Exercise: Composing Arguments.

Review Questions. Discussion Questions. Good Argument, Deductive Validity, and Inductive Strength. Good Arguments.

Does the Conclusion Follow?: Deductive Validity and Inductive Strength. Deductive Validity Defined. Exercise: Deductive Validity. Does the Conclusion Follow Necessarily? Exercise: Inductive Strength.

Does the Conclusion Follow Probably? Validity and Logical Form. Exercise: Validity and Logical Form.

Exercise: More Logical Form. Are the Premises True? Exercise: Empirical or Nonempirical? Truth, Validity, and Good Argument. Exercise: What, if Anything, Is Wrong with This Argument? Camtasia Studio Mac Os X 10.5.8. Review Questions.

Discussion Questions. Categorical Logic Part I. Categories and Reasoning. The Four Categorical Forms. Exercise: Categorical Forms. Exercise: Change the Quality.

Exercise: Change the Quantity. Venn Diagrams. Diagramming with Two Categories. Exercise: Drawing Venn Diagrams.