{"product_id":"first-logic-michael-f-goodman-9780761805014","title":"First Logic","description":"\u003ci\u003eFirst Logic\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the study of logic. Understanding the concepts of validity, invalidity, and acceptability, unacceptability of arguments is the primary focus of this book. The first chapter introduces the reader to some of the basic concepts, such as validity, soundness, and acceptability. Chapters two and three are devoted to Aristotelian logic, including the traditional square of opposition and Venn diagrams for sentences and arguments. Chapter four is a treatment of a number of important informal fallacies of reasoning (appeals to authority, ignorance, force; \u003ci\u003epetitio\u003c\/i\u003e arguments, equivocation, and the deontic fallacy). Chapters five through eight are on various aspects of formal\/symbolic logic: translating from natural language to the artificial language of logic; truth tables and truth trees; the method of natural deduction; predicate logic, including the logic of relations; and the concept and use of identity and its symbolization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael F. Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 076180501X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761805014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Michael F. Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48991990776063,"sku":"9780761805014","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-logic-michael-f-goodman-9780761805014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}