Elementary Formal Logic

Download or read book Elementary Formal Logic written by C. L. Hamblin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1966. This is a self-instructional course intended for first-year university students who have not had previous acquaintance with Logic. The book deals with "propositional" logic by the truth-table method, briefly introducing axiomatic procedures, and proceeds to the theory of the syllogism, the logic of one-place predicates, and elementary parts of the logic of many-place predicates. Revision material is provided covering the main parts of the course. The course represents from eight to twenty hours work. depending on the student's speed of work and on whether optional chapters are taken.