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Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic. It
asks questions about why systems of logic are as they are, how they
relate to ordinary language and ordinary reasoning, and what
alternatives there might be to classical logical doctrines. The
book covers classical first-order logic and alternatives, including
intuitionistic, free, and many-valued logic. It also considers how
logical analysis can be applied to carefully represent the
reasoning employed in academic and scientific work, better
understand that reasoning, and identify its hidden premises. Aiming
to be as much a reference work and handbook for further,
independent study as a course text, it covers more material than is
typically covered in an introductory course. It also covers this
material at greater length and in more depth with the purpose of
making it accessible to those with no prior training in logic or
formal systems. Online support material includes a detailed student
solutions manual with a running commentary on all starred
exercises, and a set of editable slide presentations for course
lectures. Key Features Introduces an unusually broad range of
topics, allowing instructors to craft courses to meet a range of
various objectives Adopts a critical attitude to certain classical
doctrines, exposing students to alternative ways to answer
philosophical questions about logic Carefully considers the ways
natural language both resists and lends itself to formalization
Makes objectual semantics for quantified logic easy, with an
incremental, rule-governed approach assisted by numerous simple
exercises Makes important metatheoretical results accessible to
introductory students through a discursive presentation of those
results and by using simple case studies
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