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Essentials of Logic
Irving M. Copi
Carl Cohen, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

ISBN-10: 0130497975
ISBN-13: 9780130497970

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Published: 12/17/2003
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For an undergraduate-level course in Introduction to Logic.

Rendered from the 11th Edition of Copi/Cohen, Introduction to Logic, this concise version presents a simplified yet rigorous introduction to the study of logic. All major topics and approaches in logic receive treatment.
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e Logic, a free, interactive online tutorial—Available online, this new tutorial program integrates the text with animated examples, practice exercises, all text exercises, and a dynamic “logic toolkit” which enables students to solve logic problems.
- Simplifies study of logic, and permits instructors to monitor student performance and students to complete assignments and communicate with instructors online.

Ease of access—Improves overall structure of textual material for a more coherent flow, and thoroughly rewrites expository passages, with clearer transition, tighter prose, and the elimination of unnecessary qualifications throughout, all without reducing the authoritative accuracy and completeness for which the text is known.
- Enables students to more easily grasp and master logical principles and techniques.

Modern symbolic logic: An expanded treatment—Presents a more detailed account of the concept of logical equivalence, distinguishing it more clearly from the truth-functional connectives explained earlier in the text; also introduces a new special symbol for logical equivalence that clearly distinguishes it and indicates its nature as the tautological statement of material equivalence.
- Makes the concept more understandable for students and easier for them to identify.

“Fallacy” groupings—Breaks discussion of fallacies into three major groupings: fallacies of relevance, fallacies of ambiguity, and fallacies of presumption.
- Organizes complicated material into clear, separable categories.

Categorical syllogism—Analyzes each of the 15 valid forms of syllogistic forms; explains which forms are valid and why they and only they can be valid; and gives traditional names of these valid forms—Barbara, Baroko, Ferio, etc.—detailing how those names can be used to make the entire syllogistic form more powerful as a practical instrument.
- Permits students to easily remember and retain essential core knowledge of deductive reasoning.

Table of Contents

1. Basic Logical Concepts.

2. Fallacies.

3. Categorical Logic.

4. Syllogisms.

5. Arguments in Ordinary Language.

6. Symbolic Logic.

7. Method of Deduction.

8. Quantification.

9. Induction.

Special Symbols.

Glossary of Logical Terms.

Index.

Courses

Critical Thinking (Philosophy)
Informal Logic (Philosophy)
Introduction to Logic (Philosophy)

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Rendered from the Eleventh Edition of Copi/Cohen, Introduction to Logic, the most respected introductory logic text on the market, Essentials of Logic is a truly concise version that presents a simplified introduction to the study of logic.

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Ease of access—Content has been thoroughly rewritten without diminishing the authoritative accuracy and completeness.
Hundreds of new exercises—New, simplified, and contemporary exercises are included throughout the text together with numerous exercises from Copi's Eleventh Edition to challenge students and enrich their understanding.
Dynamic examples—Many illustrated to explicate key concepts and topics.
Summary tables—Helpful summaries for students have been added throughout the entire text.
Fallacy groupings—Discussion of fallacies is broken into three major groupings: fallacies of relevance, fallacies of ambiguity, and fallacies of presumption.
Categorical syllogisms—The text analyzes each of the 15 valid forms of syllogisms and explains which forms are valid.
Modern symbolic logic—Expanded treatment presents a more detailed account of the concept of logical equivalence.

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