Deductive Logic in Natural Language

By Douglas Cannon

This text offers an innovative approach to the teaching of logic, which is rigorous but entirely non-symbolic. By introducing students to deductive inferences in natural language, the book breaks new ground pedagogically. Cannon focuses on such topics as using a tableaux technique to assess inconsistency; using generative grammar; employing logical analyses of sentences; and dealing with quantifier expressions and syllogisms. An appendix covers truth-functional logic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551114453
• ISBN13: 9781551114453
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.8"