Logic by Pratt, Scott L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER 1: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOGIC

1.1 THE PROBLEM OF ABSTRACTION 1.2 THE PROBLEM OF DUALISM 1.3 THE PROBLEM OF INCOMMENSURABILITY 1.4 THE PROBLEM OF BOUNDARIES 1.5 EXAMPLES FOR DISCUSSION 1.6 PREMISES AND CONCLUSIONS 1.7 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS LOGIC?

2.1 THE STUDY OF LOGIC 2.2 THE CONCEPTS OF TRUTH AND INFERENCE 2.3 THE PROCESS OF INQUIRY 2.4 EXERCISES 2.5 ARGUMENT AS INQUIRY 2.6 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATIVE ACTION

3.1 STRATEGIC AND COMMUNICATIVE ACTION 3.2 EXERCISES 3.3 LIFEWORLDS 3.4 EXERCISES 3.5 VALIDITY 3.6 FALLACIES 3.7 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 4: THEORY OF THE SYLLOGISM

4.1 NOMINALISM, REALISM, AND ABDUCTION 4.2 THE THEORY OF THE SYLLOGISM 4.3 STANDARD FORM PROPOSITIONS 4.4 EXERCISES 4.5 DIRECT INFERENCE 4.6 EXERCISES 4.7 THE VALIDITY OF SYLLOGISMS 4.8 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 5: INDUCTION AND THE LIMITS OF REASON

5.1 LIMITS OF THE SYLLOGISM 5.2 THE PRINCIPLES OF INDUCTION 5.3 ANALOGICAL ARGUMENTS 5.4 EXERCISES 5.5 CAUSAL ARGUMENTS 5.6 EXERCISES 5.7 PROBABILITY 5.8 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 6: PRINCIPLES OF ORDER AND DEDUCTION

6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 MODES OF ACTION 6.3 PRINCIPLES OF ORDER 6.4 LOGIC AND THE ACT OF JUDGMENT 6.5 DEDUCTION: THE LOGIC OF ASSERTIONS 6.6 GRAPHICAL PROOFS OF VALIDITY 6.7 EXERCISES

CHAPTER 7: AN OVERVIEW OF QUANTIFIED LOGIC

7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 REPRESENTING RELATIONS 7.3 THE MEANING OF QUANTIFIERS 7.4 EXERCISES 7.5 RULES OF QUANTIFI CATIONAL LOGIC 7.6 EXERCISES 7.7 THE VALIDITY OF SYLLOGISMS 7.8 GRAPHICAL PROOFS OF VALIDITY 7.9 EXERCISES 7.10 BORDER AGENTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF LOGIC

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