Tens of thousands of students have learned to be more discerning at constructing and evaluating arguments with the help of Patrick J. Hurley. Hurley's lucid, friendly, yet thorough presentation has made A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC the most widely used logic text in North More...America. In addition, the book's accompanying technological resources, such as CengageNOW and Learning Logic, include interactive exercises as well as video and audio clips to reinforce what you read in the book and hear in class. In short, you'll have all the assistance you need to become a more logical thinker and communicator.
Part 1 Informal Logic
1 Basic Concepts
2 Language: Meaning and Defintion
3 Informal Fallacies
Part 2 Formal Logic
4 Categorical Propositions
5 Categorical Syllogisms
6 Propositional Logic
7 Natural Deduction in Propositional Logic
8 Predicate Logic
Part 3 Inductive Logic
9 Analogy and Legal and Moral Reasoning
10 Causality and Mill's Methods
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