{"product_id":"logic-primer-third-edition-isbn-9780262543644","title":"Logic Primer, third edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of a comprehensive and rigorous but concise introduction to symbolic logic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLogic Primer\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to symbolic logic, providing concise definitions of key concepts, illustrative examples, and exercises. After presenting the definitions of validity and soundness, the book goes on to introduce a formal language, proof theory, and formal semantics for sentential logic (chapters 1–3) and for first-order predicate logic (chapters 4–6) with identity (chapter 7). For this third edition, the material has been reorganized from four chapters into seven, increasing the modularity of the text and enabling teachers to choose alternative paths through the book. New exercises have been added, and all exercises are now arranged to support students moving from easier to harder problems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIts spare and elegant treatment makes \u003ci\u003eLogic Primer\u003c\/i\u003e unique among textbooks. It presents the material with minimal chattiness, allowing students to proceed more directly from topic to topic and leaving instructors free to cover the subject matter in the way that best suits their students. The book includes more than thirty exercise sets, with answers to many of them provided in an appendix. The book’s website allows students to enter and check proofs, truth tables, and other exercises interactively.Preface ix\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003cbr\u003e1 Sentential Logic: Basic Concepts and a Formal Language 1 \u003cbr\u003e2 Sentential Logic: Proofs 17\u003cbr\u003e3 Sentential Logic: Truth Tables 37\u003cbr\u003e4 Predicate Logic: Formal Language 51\u003cbr\u003e5 Predicate Logic: Proofs 65\u003cbr\u003e6 Predicate Logic: Models 77\u003cbr\u003e7 Predicate Logic with Identity 91\u003cbr\u003eA Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises 101“I have long been a huge fan of \u003ci\u003eLogic Primer\u003c\/i\u003e, so it’s very exciting to see it being released in a third edition. This edition retains the elegant and intuitive system developed by the authors in previous editions but introduces and presents the material in a more modularized structure, thereby making an already superb textbook more adaptable to different instructional preferences. I can’t wait to use this in my classes!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAmy Kind, Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I am very pleased to see that \u003ci\u003eLogic Prime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003er\u003c\/u\u003e is coming out in a third edition. I have used the previous editions to great effect in turning my classes into learning communities of careful readers. My students and I have appreciated \u003ci\u003eLogic Primer\u003c\/i\u003e’s clear, direct, and intelligibly sequenced presentation of material.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWilliam Robinson, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Iowa State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Superb. \u003ci\u003eLogic Primer\u003c\/i\u003e includes all and only the most essential material, presented with clarity and precision. The changes introduced in the third edition make an excellent book even better.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTorin Alter, Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Allen\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSpecies of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNature’s Purposes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cognitive Animal\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the MIT Press. \u003cb\u003eMichael Hand\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A\u0026amp;M University.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300915597541,"sku":"NP9780262543644","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543644.jpg?v=1767731661","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/logic-primer-third-edition-isbn-9780262543644","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}