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Logic with Trees

An Introduction to Symbolic Logic
by Colin Howson
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415133425
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 198
Edition: First Edition
Book Summary
Logic With Trees is a new and original introduction to modern formal logic. Unlike most texts, it also contains discussions on more philosophical issues such as truth, conditionals and modal logic. It presents the formal material with clarity, preferring informal explanations and arguments to intimidatingly rigorous development. Worked examples and exercises enable the readers to check their progress. Logic With Trees equips students with a complete and clear account of the truth-tree system for first order logic; the importance of logic and its relevance to many different disciplines; the skills to grasp sophisticated formal reasoning techniques necessary to explore complex metalogic; the ability to contest claims that 'ordinary' reasoning is well represented by formal first order logic. The issues covered include a thorough discussion of truth-functional and full first order logic, using the truth-tree or semantic tableau approach. Completeness and Soundness proofs are given for both truth-functional and first order trees. Much use is made of induction, which is presented in a clear and consistent manner. There is also discussion of alternative deductive systems, an introduction to transfinite numbers and categoricity, the Lowenhein-Skolem theories and the celebrated findings of Godel and Church. The book concludes with an account of Kripke's attempted solution of the liar paradox and a discussion of the weakness of truth-functional account of conditionals.

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Truth Trees
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Propositional Languages
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Introduction
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First-Order Languages: Syntax and Two More Tree Rules
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First-Order Languages: Semantics
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Soundness and Completeness
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Identity
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Alternative Deductive Systems for First-Order Logic
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