Logic (Paul Tomassi) 1999

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1、Logic‘PaulTomassi’sbookisthemostaccessibleanduser-friendlyintroductiontoformallogiccurrentlyavailabletostudents.Semanticandsyntacticapproachesarenicelyintegratedandtheorganisationisexcellent,withlatersectionsbuildingsystematicallyonearlierones.Tomassian

2、ticipatesallthemostimportanttrapsandconfusionsthatstudentsarelikelytofallintoandprovidesfirst-rateguidanceonpracticalmatters,suchasstrategiesforproof-construction.Neverintimidating,thisisatextfromwhicheventhemostunmathematicallymindedstudentcanlearnallt

3、hebasicsofelementaryformallogic.’E.J.Lowe,UniversityofDurhamLogicbringselementarylogicoutoftheacademicdarknessintothelightofdayandmakesthesubjectfullyaccessible.PaulTomassiwritesinapatientanduser-friendlystylewhichmakesboththenatureandvalueofformallogic

4、crystalclear.Thereaderisencouragedtodevelopcriticalandanalyticalskillsandtoachieveamasteryofallthemostsuccessfulformalmethodsforlogicalanalysis.Thistextbookproceedsfromafrank,informalintroductiontofundamentallogicalnotions,toasystemofformallogicrootedin

5、thebestofournaturaldeductivereasoningindailylife.Asthebookdevelops,acomprehensivesetofformalmethodsfordistinguishinggoodargumentsfrombadisdefinedanddiscussed.Ineachandeverycase,methodsareclearlyexplainedandillustratedbeforebeingstatedinformalterms.Exten

6、siveexercisesenablethereadertounderstandandexploitthefullrangeoftechniquesinelementarylogic.Logicwillbevaluabletoanyoneinterestedinsharpeningtheirlogicalandanalyticalskillsandparticularlytoanyundergraduatewhoneedsapatientandcomprehensibleintroductiontow

7、hatcanotherwisebeadauntingsubject.PaulTomassiisalecturerinPhilosophyattheUniversityofAberdeen.LogicPaulTomassiLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1999byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EEThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2002.Simultaneouslyp

8、ublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001©1999PaulTomassiAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinven