000 02606cam a2200313 a 4500
001 15608141
003 KEPU
005 20130515014017.0
008 090202s2010 njua b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2009004195
020 _a9780470373767
020 _a0470373768
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn302099644
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dKPUC
_dKPUC
050 0 0 _aBC71
_b.P67 2010
100 1 _aPratt, Scott L.
245 1 0 _aLogic :
_binquiry, argument, and order /
_cScott L. Pratt.
260 _aHoboken, N.J. :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons,
_cc2010.
300 _ax, 261 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe significance of logic -- The problem of abstraction -- The problem of dualism -- The problem of incommensurability -- The problem of boundaries -- Examples for discussion -- Premises and conclusions -- Exercises -- What is logic? -- The study of logic -- The concepts of truth and inference -- The process of inquiry -- Exercises -- Argument as inquiry -- Exercises -- Communicative action -- Strategic and communicative action -- Exercises -- Lifeworlds -- Exercises -- Validity -- Fallacies -- Exercises -- Theory of the syllogism -- Nominalism, realism, and abduction -- The theory of the syllogism -- Standard form propositions -- Exercises -- Direct inference -- Exercises -- The validity of syllogisms -- Exercises -- Induction and the limits of reason -- Limits of the syllogism -- The principles of induction -- Analogical arguments -- Exercises -- Causal arguments -- Exercises -- Probability -- Exercises -- Principles of order and deduction -- Modes of action -- Principles of order -- Logic and the act of judgment -- Deduction : the logic of assertions -- Graphical proofs of validity -- Exercises -- An overview of quantified logic -- Representing relations -- The meaning of quantifiers -- Exercises -- Rules of quantificational logic -- Exercises -- The validity of syllogisms -- Graphical proofs of validity -- Exercises -- Border agents and the problems of logic.
650 0 _aLogic.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009004195-b.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009004195-t.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009004195-d.html
906 _a7
_bcbc
_corignew
_d1
_eecip
_f20
_gy-gencatlg
942 _2lcc
_cBK
_hBC71
999 _c11385
_d11385