Deductive and Inductive Logic - Hardcover

Editor: Asia Whitcomb

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1926686411 ISBN 13: 9781926686417

Publisher: Apple Academic Press, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

Logic is the science of how to evaluate arguments and reasoning. It is what allows us to distinguish correct reasoning from poor reasoning and without correct reasoning, we would have no viable means for knowing the truth or arriving at sound beliefs. Deductive reasoning concerns what follows necessarily from given premises, while inductive reasoning derives a reliable generalization from observations. Logic is fundamental to all disciplines, from agriculture to astronautics. There are not several kinds of logic, one for philosophy and one for mathematics; instead, the same rules of thought that apply to politics apply also to chemistry, to statistical studies, or to theology.

Selected Contents: Preface; Introductory; General Analysis of Propositions; Of Terms and Their Denotation; The Connotation of Terms; The Classification of Propositions; Conditions of Immediate Inference; Immediate Inferences; Order of Terms, Eulers Diagrams, Logical Equations, Existential Import of Propositions; Formal Conditions of Mediate Inference; Categorical Syllogisms; Abbreviated and Compound Arguments; Conditional Syllogisms; Transition to Induction; Causation; Inductive Method; The Canons of Direct Induction; Combination of Induction with Deduction; Hypotheses; Laws Classified; Explanation; Co-Existence; Analogy; Probability; Division and Classification; Nomenclature, Definition, Predicables; Definition of Common Terms; Fallacies; Questions; Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1926686411
• ISBN 13: 9781926686417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324