Book:D.J. O'Connor/Elementary Logic

D.J. O'Connor and Betty Powell: Elementary Logic

Published $\text {1980}$, Teach Yourself Books (Hodder and Stoughton)

ISBN 0 340 25824 1

Subject Matter

• Logic

Contents

Preface

Part 1

1 The Logic of Statements (1)

2 Logical Constants (1)

3 Logical Constants (2)

4 Using the Definitions

5 Using Brackets

6 Negation

7 Determining the Truth Values of Complex Propositions

8 Expressions with Three Variable

9 Translating Words into Symbols

10 Testing the Validity of Arguments

11 Translating into Logical Symbolism

12 Material Equivalence and Alternation

13 Logical Equivalence

14 A Short Cut to Truth-tables

15 Negation in the Short Truth-table Method

16 More on Shorter Truth-tables

Part II

The Logic of Statements (2)

Part III

The Logic of Predicates (1)

Part IV

The Logic of Predicates (2)

Part V

Looking Ahead

Solutions to Exercises

Appendix: Alternative Notations in Modern Logic

Notes to Further Reading

Index

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