An Introduction to Formal Logic: Second Edition - Paperback

by Richard L. Epstein (Author)

- Intended for a course for students in philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, or computer science, and excellent for self-study.

- Motivation is given for each formal concept and each step in building a formal logic in terms of formalizing reasoning. Summaries are given at important junctures in the book to keep students aware of what they are doing and where they are going.

- Criteria of formalization are developed and applied to formalizing ordinary language reasoning in an example-analysis format.

- More than 300 worked examples.

- More than 500 exercises with answers available on the web.