Natural Deduction: An Introduction to Logic with Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some Humour - Softcover

Arthur, Richard T.W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551111829 ISBN 13: 9781551111827

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2011

Synopsis

Richard Arthur’s Natural Deduction provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

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About the Author

Richard T.W. Arthur is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University.

From the Back Cover

Richard Arthur’s Natural Deduction provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551111829
• ISBN 13: 9781551111827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 452