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Intermediate Logic David Bostock (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford)

Intermediate Logic By David Bostock (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford)

Summary

This text acts as a general guide for students taking a second course in logic after completing a basic introduction. It provides a preparation for advanced work in logical theory or applications of logic in philosophy, mathematics, or computing theory.

Intermediate Logic Summary

Intermediate Logic by David Bostock (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford)

Intermediate Logic is an ideal text for anyone who has taken a first course in logic and is progressing to further study. It examines logical theory, rather than the applications of logic, and does not assume any specific technical grounding. The author introduces and explains each concept and term, ensuring that readers have a firm foundation for study. He provides a broad, deep understanding of logic by adopting and comparing a variety of different methods and approaches. In the first section, Bostock covers such fundamental notions as truth, validity, entailment, qualification, and decision procedures. Part Two lays out a definitive introduction to four key logical tools or procedures: semantic tableaux, axiomatic proofs, natural deduction, and sequent calculi. The final section opens up new areas of existence and identity, concluding by moveing from orthodox logic to an examination of `free logic'. Intermediate Logic provides an ideal secondary course in logic for university students, and a bridge to advanced study of such subjects as model theory, proof theory, and other specialized areas of mathematical logic.

Intermediate Logic Reviews

This textbook covers the fundamental proof-theoretical and model-theoretical aspects of classical propositional and first-order logic. . . .The book is clearly written and ideally suited for an intermediate course on the subject, requiring just some elementary knowledge of proof theory and model theory. * Mathematical Reviews *

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GOR012298456
9780198751427
0198751427
Intermediate Logic by David Bostock (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford)
Used - Like New
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1997-08-07
404
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